Islamic art

There were many different influences to Islamic Art, specifically from China. Most or all of the artwork has not holy images, has geometric shapes, a lot of writing, and had no living figures or creatures. It was very ornamental, flowing or also know as arabesque. Some prominent artists were Safavid Shahs group, Shah Tahmasp, Riza-i Abbasi, and Muin. Safavid Shahs were a group of people who made textiles a huge industry, specifically in Iran, and it spread all over. Textiles were already a popular form of art, but they made the industry even bigger than before. Shah Tahmasp was one of the important Shahs and he designed carpets himself. Riza-i Abbasi was a popular painter and a good teacher, whose most prominent pupil was Muin. There was a wide variety of types of art including calligraphy, ceramics,and textiles. Calligraphy has two different types, Kufic and cursive. Cursive was used in everyday writing and Kufic Script was used in official and religious writing only. Kufic writing was very artistic and purposeful while cursive was straightforward. There are specific details in the writing and pages such as gold leaf and decorated pages, red dots, decorated margins, and colorful.…

French scholar and art critic Souren Melikian criticizes the concept of an all-encompassing notion of Islamic art, stating that a European equivalent wouldn’t exist in both the museum and academia (Melikian, 2004). Indeed it would be frowned upon to be a specialist in “Western art” ranging from Greek antiquity to Futurism, yet this case for an “Islamic art” specialist. It is perfectly acceptable to demand from a scholar in “Islamic art” to know about early Islamic Abbasid architecture, and late…

Islamic and Christian artwork are very different and similar in their own ways. Islamic artworks are not all religious and many people that were Christian or Hindu were paid to make Islamic art. Islamic art is generally known as art that is presented where Islam is most prominent, this includes areas such as modern day Spain and India. Much of the artwork from either religion is very important to those who follow the religion and to those who are enthusiastic about art. Islamic artwork however,…

In this essay, it discusses that the origins of Islamic art are not what most people might think compared to art of other regions. Some of the main idea’s this essay explains is that Islamic art in itself is an oxymoron; it can even be considered un-Islamic. A popular Muslim belief once was that art was unacceptable. Many Muslims used the teachings of the Koran to justify their beliefs that art was against their religion. The author explains to us that Muslims had a distaste for all things art,…

“Art is man’s nature; and nature is god’s art” ( Bailey 357). Art is created in all cultures, but specifically in Islamic art the nature of Allah is explained through patterns, themes, etc. This is one approach that the Islamic people took in order to explain, understand, and worship their god. Islamic art does not simply serve the purpose of being decorative, but it is also used for worship by exhibiting honor for Allah, their god. Islamic art is not only for the benefit of Islam, it also…

The Islamic ink is a monument and remains of material culture made by and for people who lived under rulers who professed the faith of Islam or in social and cultural entities which, whether themselves Muslim or not, have been strongly influenced by the modes of life and thought characteristic of Islam. It was used in the medieval Islamic world in designing. Ink was also used in Arabic Calligraphy. In this paper, I will state the meaning of the ink, the types of ink, origin as well as the uses…

are called Muslims, conquered the whole of the Middle East, as well as central Asia, Spain, North Africa and north and central India. Most of the conquered areas and countries accepted the Islamic religion. Islam is more than just a religion; it is a way of living, a philosophy, a social and cultural being where art and architecture are part of it. When Islam started to spread, a unique style of Islamic art gradually developed. It is mainly used for religious architecture like mosques, book…

Islamic Geometric and Vegetal Patterns In Islam, art and beauty have important role since early times. So the Islamic artists and architects used different Islamic aspects in their art, such as building, mosques, books, coins, and their daily equipment etc. The main way they used to present the art or the most famous art of them was ornaments. Within the wide Islamic geographic spread and the valuable history, Islamic art was a subject that got influenced by different cultures different…

Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas is one of the most mesmerizing exciting art exhibitions I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. This collection of Islamic Art transforms each object in spiritual and cultural symbols. Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Senior Advisor for Islamic Art at the museum gathered a variety of textiles, books, metal jewelry, ceramics platters & bowls, paintings and even prints filled with typography. With its own diverse visual language, the Islamic culture brings forth unity through…

The fluidity of calligraphy symbolizes the "intertwining" of stability and change that exists in the mortal world (Nasr 28). Islamic calligraphy has the appearance of a never ending line; the letters are all connected to one another and the writing seems to be constantly moving (Piostrovsky 29). The continual movement of the line "is one of the ways of manifesting [Allah] to this world" (27) and "projects the concept of continuity, of endlessness, of pluriformity" (29). The symbolism of…