Transcript Islamic Art Notes - Mr. George Academics

COLOR
• USED TO CONTRAST AGAINST DULL
LANDSCAPE / ENVIRONMENT
• COLOR GREEN IS ASSOCIATED WITH
MUHAMMAD
• GREEN = FERTILITY & YOUTH
ANICONISM
• ABSENCE OF HUMAN FIGURES
• OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF IDOLS OR
IMAGES
• ALLAH IS UNIQUE & CANNOT BE
REPRESENTED EXCEPT BY HIS WORDS
IN THE QURAN
GEOMETRIC DESIGNS
• COMPLEX DESIGNS EXIST
EVERYWHERE
• REPRESENTS STRONG CONNECTION
BETWEEN ISLAM & MATHEMATICS
• SCIENCE & MATH = MUSLIMS’
GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN
KNOWLEDGE
ARABESQUES
• DESIGN IN WHICH NATURAL FORMS
SUCH AS STEMS, FLOWERS AND
TREES ARE ARRANGED TO FORM
INFINITE PATTERN
• ADOPTED BY EARLY MUSLIMS FROM
ROMAN & BYZANTINE ART
• WAY TO DISSOLVE IMAGES &
INDIVIDUALISM
CALLIGRAPHY
• MEANS “BEAUTIFUL WRITING”
• REPRESENTS SACRED WORDS OF
ALLAH
• CONSIDERED HIGHEST ART FORM
IN ISLAMIC WORLD