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Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World' is a PBS documentary film that reveals the variety and diversity of Islamic art. It provides a window into Islamic culture and brings broad insights to the enduring themes that have propelled human history and fueled the rise of world civilization over the centuries. It was produced in 2011 by Alex Kronemer and Michael Wolfe of Unity Productions Foundation.

Content
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries (Egypt, Israel, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Iran, Spain, Mali and India) and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture.

Narrated by Susan Sarandon, the film explores the richness of Islamic art in objects big and small, from great ornamented palaces and the play of light in monumental mosques to the exquisite beauty of ceramics, carved boxes, paintings and metal work. It revels in the use of color and finds commonalities in a shared artistic heritage with the West and East. The film also examines the unique ways in which Islamic art turns calligraphy and the written word into masterpieces and develops water into an expressive, useful art form.

Appearances
Among the people in the film, the following are included:
 * Mohammad Al-Asad - Jordanian architect and architectural historian, and the founding director of the Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) in Amman
 * Sheila S. Blair - Norma Jean Calderwood Co-Chair Of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College
 * Jonathan M. Bloom - Norma Jean Calderwood Co-Chair Of Islamic and Asian Art, Boston College
 * Afshan Bokhari - Assistant Professor of Art History, Suffolk University
 * Oleg Grabar (1929-2011) - Art historian and archeologist, and a leading figure in the field of Islamic art and architecture
 * Ruba Kana'an - Specialist in Islamic art, the urban histories of pre-modern Muslim societies, and the interface between art and law in Muslim contexts
 * Amy Landau - Associate Curator of Islamic Art and Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum
 * Roderick J. McIntosh - Professor of Anthropology at Yale University
 * Fairchild Ruggles - Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Co-Director of the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices (CHAMP) at Illinois.
 * Gary Vikan - Director of the Walters Art Museum
 * Kjeld Von Folsach - Director of the David Collection in Copenhagen
 * Mohammed Zakariya - Muslim convert and master Arabic calligrapher

Broadcast
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World was originally broadcast nationwide on July 6, 2012 on PBS, as part of their Arts Summer Festival programming.