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Beginning of Islamic art originated in the seventh century the area now known as Syria. Islamic art includes works of all artists, whatever their religion, to live on land in the Muslim Empire. Consequently, Islamic art is at the confluence of cultures of various arts. Islamic art was architecture, calligraphy, painting and ceramics, its key technologies.

In the early Islamic period, seventh the tenth century, the most notorious is the art of calligraphy. This is the text of decoration, including the use of ornamental motifs and beautification to enhance the appeal of the walls and decorations in palaces, mosques, and homes. Islamic Calligraphy uses proverbs and verses of the Holy Qur'an, and therefore, one form of art the most noble. It uses two scripts mostly symbolic, "Kufic" and "Naskh.

Ceramics "Glazed Ceramics (eighth to the eighteenth century) as" Stonepaste Iraq "(ninth century) were the other splendors of Islamic pottery. "Pottery glazed ceramic, 'of Iraqi origin of the eighth century, and" enamel glass were a couple of more prominent pottery eighth and ninth century art forms, including "tin-opacified coating", as "painted blue opaque glaze goods in Basra "(eighth century), and" shine "techniques were revolutionary TWO 'discovered. Furthermore, the first industrial complex for 'Gold' & 'production of glass enamel was created only in the eighth century, Syria.

A unique feature to all forms of Islamic Art was on the way to create complex surfaces with geometric patterns, Plant and floral complex. The recurrence of these models, called "Arabesque" likely refers to the infinite nature of God. Works prestige relief as beautiful cut, stained and mosaic glass tiles work complexes, fine ivory caskets and metal peaked in the medieval Islamic world Era (from tenth to fifteenth century).

Islamic architecture is probably the largest and the most prolific Islamic art. The "Dome of the Rock (al-Qubba Sakhrah)," in Jerusalem, built in 691 CE, is perhaps the oldest Muslim building intact in its original form. The use of domes of their buildings were an integral feature of Islamic architecture, which was achieved through the nineteenth century, Western architecture. "The Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Spain and" Alhambra, Granada, the exhibition "Roman-Byzantine" influences. "The Citadel of Cairo," Egypt ", Turkish House (Hamam)," " Inns Caravan (caravanserai) of Central Asia, and "Tombs" in the Middle East are the main examples of Medieval Islamic Architecture. Tuileries Intricate tile and geometrical features were architectural features of this period. The "Taj Mahal in India, built in the seventeenth century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, is the most brilliant example of modern Islamic architecture.

The new art forms, such as jewelry making, stone carving, painting, weaving, and illumination, has gained importance during the last Islamic period. Some of finest pile carpets Islamic, particularly the "Oriental carpet" and "Persian carpets were created during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Miniature people, strictly secular in nature, were found in the courts of "Iran" and "Mughal India." Figurative images Not very popular in Islamic art, as the worship of idols is forbidden under the "law of the sharia of Islam.

Literature Islamic books includes rich, such as "The Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)" (tenth to fourteenth century), a collection of stories by Persian Queen Scheherazade; " Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, "an epic based on the Iranian Persian history, and" Amir Arsalan "Persian mythological history." Layla and Majnun " (Seventh century), Arabic and Persian poetry, is the likely impact of the creation of "Romeo & Juliet 'later. Ibn Tufail's (Abubacer) "Hayy ibn Yaqdhan (philosophus Autodidactus)," which inspired Daniel Defoe to write "Robinson Crusoe" and Rudyard Kipling to write "The Jungle Book," introduces the concept of philosophical novels about the world, while Ibn al-Nafis' Theologus Autodidactus "is the first novel of science fiction. The Islamic eschatology, the "Hadith" and "Kitab al-Miraj, inspired by Dante Alighieri's' Divine Comedy 'Peele" The Battle of Alcazar' and Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice," "Titus Andronicus, '&' Othello. In addition, Islamic, Persian and Arabic music, theater puppets, and passion plays called "ta'ziya are other beautiful forms of Islamic art.

Annette Łabędzka received his BA at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC Canada. She has over 25 years experience. She is the founder and developer of an art gallery online, including original images from around the world. It is a great site for art collectors to buy Original Art. Is also a place for artists to exhibit and sell their art. Artists can join for free and downloading of images is unlimited. Please visit the website at the http: / / www.labedzki-art.com

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