Theory of art. History of art and history of literature : some random thoughts ; An art of the object ; On the universality of the history of art ; From utopia to paradigms ; Geometry and ideology : the festival of Islam and the study of Islamic art ; Different but compatible ends ; Die Ethische Dimension des Ornaments ; Islamic ornament and Western abstraction
General Islamic architecture. The Islamic dome, some considerations ; The architecture of the Middle Eastern city : the case of the mosque ; Art and architecture ; Cities and citizens : the growth and culture if urban Islam ; Symbols and signs of Islamic architecture ; The meaning of history in Cairo ; Architecture as art ; From dome of heaven to pleasure dome ; Graffiti or proclamations : why write on buildings?
General Islamic art. What makes Islamic art Islamic? ; Islamic art and archaeology ; Reflections on the study of Islamic art ; On catalogs, exhibitions and complete works ; Between connoisseurship and technology : a review ; The aesthetics of Islamic art.