Thinplace Gallery Offering Superb Traditional and Non-Traditional Miniature Art on 100 Year Old Hand Written Arabic Manuscript Book Paper

Thinplace Gallery is now offering original art on antique paper. One side shows Islamic miniature style art and the reverse shows the original hand written Arabic text from approximately 100 years ago. The media of the art is acrylic and gold.

(PRWEB) December 10, 2005 -- Thinplace (www.thinplace.com) Gallery is now offering superb traditional and non-traditional miniatures on 100 year old hand written Islamic antique manuscript book paper.

“It is hard to determine which side of the paper is a better piece of art,” says David Buechner of Thinplace Religious Art Gallery. “On one side is a beautifully hand painted detailed miniature while the other side includes elegant hand written Arabic book text from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. It is difficult to determine which side to show through the frame,” says Buechner.

The hand painted miniatures, traditionally painted quickly for impact, give the sense of offering a "snapshot” complete world perspective capturing a moment in all its wonderful and realistic unpredictability. Thinplace shows over 20 miniatures on antique paper. “I particularly like the miniatures of women at the Turkish Hamam or Turkish bath,” says Buechner. “These depictions are beautiful in their own right but they are revolutionary pieces from a religious sense. First of all traditional Islamic paintings do not depict human form and within Islamic culture women are veiled. Both rules are broken in these depictions of women bathing. In wonderful Islamic miniature style we see the women luxuriously enjoying their time in the bath.

"In addition the more traditional religious art depicting Noah on the Water is particularly captivating because both the weight of the biblical story and Noah’s faithfulness show forth in traditional miniature realistic form. At the bottom beneath the boat is stunning Islamic calligraphy and the image runs off the edges expressing the tumult that the flood contains.” In addition there are other non-religious traditional Ottoman and Islamic scenes including hunting scenes, Ottoman shipping, and the prophet. Of particular interest are two which show architectural designs of the Yeni Mosque in Istanbul. All of these paintings are hand painted in Istanbul by a staff of artists. The media is acrylic and gold. Thinplace regularly works with these artists for unique calligraphy and miniatures through our Turkish partners.

Thinplace gallery (www.thinplace.com) features traditional and non-traditional religious art from the five major religious traditions and tribal art. You can contact Thinplace gallery for more information at (415) 462-6265.

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