Here are various pictures of Islamic textiles to give you an idea of how important textile art is in Islamic culture. See if you can spot the fine embroidery or scripture on the textiles. Hint: the scripture is in Arabic calligraphy.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Othello and Islamic textiles
So, is the handkerchief just a "trifle light as air" as Iago suggests? Well, actually textiles are quite important to the Islamic culture Othello comes from. These textiles come in the forms of rugs, drapes, clothing, and yes, handkerchiefs. They often use geometrical shapes, and include fine embroidery and scripture from the Qua ran. So you could imagine how upset Othello would be to think that his wife Desdemona has given away what is essentially a family heirloom.
Here are various pictures of Islamic textiles to give you an idea of how important textile art is in Islamic culture. See if you can spot the fine embroidery or scripture on the textiles. Hint: the scripture is in Arabic calligraphy.
Here are various pictures of Islamic textiles to give you an idea of how important textile art is in Islamic culture. See if you can spot the fine embroidery or scripture on the textiles. Hint: the scripture is in Arabic calligraphy.
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These are some really cool designs and this will make Othello really mad if he finds out that Desdemona just gave it to someone else.Othello would feel that Desdemona betrayed him. This is going all according to Iago's plan so far. Blazers won today.
Eduardo Garcia
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It is amazing how detailed some of these items can be. It must have taken ages to create something so
intricate, especially at a large scale! The last one looks especially intense, but at the same time, is gorgeous to look at. It is easy to see why Othello would be furious if Desdemona lost something like this.
Whoops, last comment sent before I could put my name on it.
Roxanne Raye
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