Although the concept of "Islamic art" has been put into question by some modern art historians as a construct of Western cultural views, the similarities between art produced at widely different times and places in the … Meer weergeven

While not condemned in the Quran, making images of human beings and animals is frowned upon in many Islamic cultures and … Meer weergeven

No Islamic artistic product has become better known outside the Islamic world than the pile carpet, more commonly referred to as the Oriental carpet (oriental rug). … Meer weergeven

Islamic art has very notable achievements in ceramics, both in pottery and tiles for walls, which in the absence of wall-paintings … Meer weergeven

Calligraphic design is omnipresent in Islamic art, where, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, religious exhortations, including Qur'anic verses, may be included in secular objects, especially coins, tiles and metalwork, and most painted miniatures … Meer weergeven

Columns
Early Islamic columns followed the style seen in the classic period of the Mediterranean. Classic columns can be seen in … Meer weergeven

For most of the Middle Ages Islamic glass was the most sophisticated in Eurasia, exported to both Europe and China. Islam took over much of the traditional glass-producing territory of Sassanian and Ancient Roman glass, and since figurative decoration … Meer weergeven