Forbidden by law, in what form and where did human and animal figures survive in Islamic art?



Forbidden by law, in what form and where did human and animal figures survive in Islamic art?

Perfection by an Islamic artist could only be acheived with the aid of inspiration from God. The craftsman's achievement was dependent not on his own ingenuity, but on his devotion to the task and his closeness to God. Islamic sculpture could not depict human figures. Muhammad forbid the making of images; they represented idolatry and a human presumption that man can replicate the human form as God had. ...