Islamic art

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art movement cultural tradition visual art

Islamic art is a diverse visual tradition encompassing architecture, calligraphy, geometric patterns, and decorative arts developed across the Islamic world, often characterized by aniconism and intricate, symbolically rich designs.

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Surface form Occurrences
Islamic calligraphy 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
appliedTo city gates ⓘ
domestic architecture ⓘ
madrasas ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
public fountains ⓘ
developedInPeriod 7th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
modern period ⓘ
developedInRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic aniconism ⓘ
arabesque decoration ⓘ
calligraphic decoration ⓘ
geometric ornament ⓘ
horror vacui ⓘ
integration of text and image ⓘ
non-figurative design ⓘ
repetition and pattern ⓘ
symbolic use of light ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
use of vibrant colors ⓘ
hasNotableExample Alhambra ⓘ
Blue Qurans ⓘ
Dome of the Rock ⓘ
Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ
Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
Mamluk glass lamps ⓘ
Shah Mosque of Isfahan ⓘ
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ⓘ
Taj Mahal ⓘ
Topkapi Palace ⓘ
surface form: Topkapi Palace manuscripts
hasPurpose courtly display ⓘ
devotional practice ⓘ
didactic function ⓘ
political legitimation ⓘ
religious expression ⓘ
includesForm Islamic architecture ⓘ
book arts ⓘ
calligraphy ⓘ
carpets ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
coin design ⓘ
glasswork ⓘ
ivory carving ⓘ
manuscript illumination ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tilework ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
influencedByCulture Byzantine art ⓘ
Hellenistic art ⓘ
Sasanian art ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian art ⓘ
influencedByReligion Islam ⓘ
influencedByText Quran ⓘ
majorStyle Abbasid art ⓘ
Fatimid art ⓘ
Ilkhanid art ⓘ
Mamluk art ⓘ
Mughal paintings ⓘ
surface form: Mughal art

Ottoman art ⓘ
Safavid art ⓘ
Seljuk art ⓘ
Timurid miniature painting ⓘ
surface form: Timurid art

Umayyad architecture ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad art
relatedConcept Islamic architecture ⓘ
Islamic calligraphy ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
surface form: Islamic culture

Islamic decorative arts ⓘ
Islamic geometric patterns ⓘ
usesMotif arabesque ⓘ
calligraphic bands ⓘ
interlaced strapwork ⓘ
muqarnas ⓘ
stalactite vaulting ⓘ
star polygons ⓘ
vegetal scrolls ⓘ
usesScript Kufic script ⓘ
Maghribi script ⓘ
Naskh script ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
surface form: Nastaʿlīq script

Thuluth script ⓘ

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Bab al-Kaaba → decorativeStyle → Islamic art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Buraq → depictedIn → Islamic art ⓘ
Ibn al-Bawwab → fieldOfWork → Islamic art ⓘ
Samarra period → fieldOfWork → Islamic art ⓘ
Sufism → influenced → Islamic art ⓘ
Henri Matisse → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ
Owen Jones → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ
Mughal architecture → isPartOf → Islamic art ⓘ
Isfahan → knownFor → Islamic art ⓘ
Mongol Ilkhanate → patronOf → Islamic art ⓘ
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → patronage → Islamic art ⓘ
Taliq script → scriptFamily → Islamic art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy