Arts of the Islamic World

Historicus, Inc. developed the curatorial database and an Adobe Flash based virtual gallery prototype for Arts of the Islamic World. The mission of this organization is to replace the perception of Islamic culture as unknowable and therefore alien with a widely accessible medium for the appreciation of Islamic culture. Building on best-of-breed technologies for online presentation of material culture, AIW’s virtual museum delivers an enhanced understanding of the Islamic world with a comprehensive online resource that aggregates multiple collections of Islamic art (both public and private) in one place, presents context and perspective on the whole of the collection, and enables easy interaction with the art and the ideas it represents. Visit the prototype at www.artsoftheislamicworld.org and let us know what you think.