Islamic art

E27196

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic art canonical	30
Islamic calligraphy	2
Quranic arts	1

Statements (93)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sufism → influenced → Islamic art ⓘ

Henri Matisse → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalContribution → Islamic art ⓘ

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → patronage → Islamic art ⓘ

Ibn al-Bawwab → fieldOfWork → Islamic art ⓘ

Bab al-Kaaba → decorativeStyle → Islamic art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy

Mongol Ilkhanate → patronOf → Islamic art ⓘ

Samarra period → fieldOfWork → Islamic art ⓘ

Taliq script → scriptFamily → Islamic art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy

Mughal architecture → isPartOf → Islamic art ⓘ

Isfahan → knownFor → Islamic art ⓘ

Buraq → depictedIn → Islamic art ⓘ

Owen Jones → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Persia → culturalInfluenceOn → Islamic art ⓘ

Maimun Palace → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Arab Room → inspiredBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Mir Ali Tabrizi → religiousCulturalContext → Islamic art ⓘ

Arabic-script typography → relatedTo → Islamic art ⓘ

Ilkhanid art → hasInfluenceFrom → Islamic art ⓘ

Near Eastern art → influenced → Islamic art ⓘ

William De Morgan → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) → field → Islamic art ⓘ

M. C. Escher → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum → hasCollection → Islamic art ⓘ

Medieval art → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Scenes of the Resurrection → associatedWith → Islamic art ⓘ

Mudéjar architecture → relatedConcept → Islamic art ⓘ

Qavam al-Din → culturalContext → Islamic art ⓘ

Islamic period → hasCulturalFeature → Islamic art ⓘ

Persian art → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Blue Koran fragments → associatedWith → Islamic art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quranic arts

Les Fauves → influencedBy → Islamic art ⓘ

Byzantine culture → influenced → Islamic art ⓘ