Glenna Barlow

About Glenna Barlow

Glenna Barlow is the Manager of Education at the Columbia Museum of Art. She has a Master’s of Science in Elementary Education from the University of Mary Washington as well as a Master’s of Art in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Ardabil Carpet, Maqsud of Kashan, Persian: Safavid dynasty, silk warps and wefts with wool pile (25 million knots, 340 per sq. inch), 1539-40 C.E., Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan or Kirman, Iran (Victoria & Albert Museum) — The Islamic world extended from Spain to Indonesia, where Ottomans, Timurids, Safavids, and Mughals ruled.

Arts of the Islamic world: The later ...

Mihrab (prayer niche), c. 1270, Konya, Turkey, now in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin (photo: Glenna Barlow) — New rulers emerged, and with them, distinctive styles of art. This period saw a renaissance in the decorative arts.

Arts of the Islamic world: The medieval ...

Dome of the Rock — Two powerful dynasties, the Umayyad and the Abbasid, ruled the Islamic World between the 7th and 13th centuries.

Arts of the Islamic world: The early ...