Islamic Art

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it must be said that Islamic art is not limited to specific worldly subjects. Islamic art is idealistic. Since religion shows the way to happiness for humans, every art is not valuable in Islam. It is valuable art that elevates the human soul to happiness. From this, the influence of Islamic culture can be seen in Islamic arts.

Islamic Art

Islamic Art: is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. (Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Richard Ettingshausen and Oleg Grabar, 2001)With the beginning of Islam, this religion affected societies socially, culturally, politically, and economically. Islamic art is considered one of the most glorious eras of art history and one of the most valuable human achievements in the field of art and includes various types of art such as Islamic architecture, calligraphy, painting, pottery, carpet weaving, embroidery, and the like. Islamic art is not an art that is only related to the religious issues of Islam. The term "Islamic" refers not only to the religion, but also to the rich and diverse culture of the people of the lands where Islam is prevalent. Islamic art often includes non-religious elements that are not considered haram by some Islamic scholars. (avies, Penelope J.E. Denny, Walter B. Hofrichter, Frima Fox. Jacobs, Joseph. Roberts, Ann M. Simon,2007).

  Among the verses of the Qur'an or the teachings of the Prophet of Islam, we come across a few things about art. From its beginnings, Islamic art has been based on the written version of the Quran and other seminal religious works, which is reflected by the important role of calligraphy, representing the word as the medium of divine revelation.

Religious Islamic art has been typically characterized by the absence of figures and extensive use of calligraphic, geometric, and abstract floral patterns. In secular art of the Muslim world, representations of human and animal forms historically flourished in nearly all Islamic cultures, although, partly because of opposing religious sentiments, living beings in paintings were often stylized, giving rise to a variety of decorative figural designs (Figural Representation in Islamic Art). Most of Muslims rejected the designing of the face of the Prophet of Islam, and even sometimes the depiction of animals and humans was not accepted by some Muslims.

   Nevertheless, images of humans and other living creatures were always depicted in Islamic lands, and we also come across cases of depictions of the Prophet's face.

Result:

As a result, it must be said that Islamic art is not limited to specific worldly subjects. Islamic art is idealistic. Since religion shows the way to happiness for humans, every art is not valuable in Islam. It is valuable art that elevates the human soul to happiness. From this, the influence of Islamic culture can be seen in Islamic arts.

References

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Ali, W. (1999). The Arab Contribution to Islamic Art: From the Seventh to the Fifteenth Centuries. American Univ in Cairo Press.

Art, F. R. (n.d.). Figural Representation in Islamic Art.

avies, P. J. (2007). History of Art, Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. .

Britannica., E. (2021). "Islamic arts | Characteristics, Calligraphy, Paintings, & Architecture".

Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, R. E. (2001). Islamic Art and Architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press.

 

 

 

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