Museum of Art features Moslems
By NORMA C. ROMANO
A dim light greets the visitor. Soon he finds himself surrounded by an Oriental atmosphere. He has just stepped into the exotic and fascinating world of art.
With two special exhibitions of Islamic Art, KU's Museum of Art, currently offers the visitor the opportunity of taking an imaginary trip to the Orient through the ancient and equisite Islamic works.
The exhibitions are entitled "Islamic Art from the Collection of Edwin Binney III" and "Calligraphy in Islamic Textiles." Both collections will continue through the end of October.
THE BINNEY COLLECTION ranges from small-scale and delicate varieties of paintings and drawings to tapestry and daggers and from book-bindings to frontispieces.
"Calligraphy in Islamic Textiles," has been assembled from the collection of the Textile Museum in Washington. This collection is devoted to the refined and fragile stroke of beautiful hand-writing.
Most satisfying calligraphy can also be admired in the second exhibition gathered from the splendid collection of Edwin Binney III, a member of the faculty of Harvard University.
The delights of delicate handwriting are shown, for instance, on the page from the Koran, which displays a confident script
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using both diagonal and fully- rounded forms. Another page, No. 6, is angular; while the calligraphy in the center of the Turkish Imperial Edict (No.14), executed in gold, is more refined in its union of curve and angle.
The Mongol prisoner's paint has subtlety in color and texture. The face is framed within a rude wooden yoke, the arms and torso present grace and the softness of the beard can almost be felt by the painting admirer.
The faces seem to have been drawn from a sole pattern or mold, to the extent that the visitor can hardly hold his attention on them. There are others, however, of high sensitivity to individual expression such as the 17th-century "Portrait of a Seated Poet" and "Portrait of a Mongol Prisoner in a Yoke."
The miniature drawings and paintings from the Binney collection are a kalidiskopic combination of delicate colors, brilliant patterns and exquisite ornamentation.
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14 Daily Kansan
Monday, December 5, 1966
Paul D. Wiebe, a doctoral candidate in sociology at KU, has received national and international fellowships for his study of religion in village India.
The fellowships, awarded by the American Institute of Indian
competed for the awards with graduate students in the U.S. and abroad.
Studies and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Honolulu, Hawaii, will provide support for Wiebe during his two years at the Center and in the Telugu language area of South India. He
Wiebe received the B.A. degree from Tabor College, Hillsboro, Ks., in 1960 and the M.A. from KU in 1965.
Doctoral candidate receives fellowship in sociology
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