Photograph from Adobe Stock Perhaps the most misunderstood influence on the emergence of Islamic art was that of figurative representation—depictions of humans and animals. Initially ...

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Incense burner. East Iranian world, 12th–13th century. Bronze; cast in openwork, inlaid with turquoise faience and glass eye. The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, LNS 1218 ...

Image Credit: Supplied This November, the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) will present Splendours of the Atlas: A Voyage Through Morocco’s Heritage, a major exhibition that takes visitors on a ...

designs and patterns. Non-figurative close non-figurativeContaining no people, animals or real things. art is found in a lot but not all art from the Islamic world. Plant-like decorations are also ...