Islamic patterns: an analytical and cosmological approach
Keith Critchlow • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 978-0500270714
Islamic patterns: an analytical and cosmological approach
Keith Critchlow • Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10: 0500270716 · ISBN-13: 978-0500270714 · 1976
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For centuries the nature and meaning of Islamic art has been misunderstood in the West, being regarded as no more than decoration. But in fact the abstract art of Islam represents the sophisticated development of a supra-naturalistic tradition, since the portrayal of human and animal forms has always been discouraged by the Prophet Muhammad, so as to avoid idolatry.
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