Islamic art is not art of a specific religion time place or of a single medium.
Islamic calligraphy ceramics.
Instead it spans some 1400 years covers many lands and populations and includes a range of artistic fields including architecture calligraphy painting glass ceramics and textiles among others.
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It includes calligraphy painting glass ceramics woodwork and textile.
The arabic language and subsequently the art of calligraphy is held in great esteem by muslims because arabic was the language in which the qu ran was revealed to the prophet muhammad in the 7th century.
Jan 24 2018 inscriptions on ceramics made in the islamic lands contain a range of texts.
Blair islamic inscriptions edinburgh 1998.
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century on wards by people who lived in the muslim world.
The similarities between art produced at widely different times and places in the islamic world is the key feature of islamic art.
The arabic text of the qu ran is sacred to muslims and its high status gave rise to an associated respect for books in general.