Progression Of The Islamic Art

Progression Of The Islamic Art

Introduction

In both historical and contemporary contexts, global religion is intimately connected to art, or the material production of images and symbols. Traditionally, scholarship within academic fields such as religious studies has relied heavily on textual sources. Art and other material objects are often seen as accessory to the findings related to these sources. Such objects might include icons, or images, that represent figures sacred to some religious traditions; paintings that depict the occurrence of sacred events; art used in religious rituals;  and architecture connected to sacred space.

Islamic architecture are the characteristics of building used by Muslims to be the identity of them, have emerged that architecture thanks to Islam and in areas where he arrived Khbh the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt and the Levant and the Maghreb , Turkey and Oaaran etc. In addition to the areas ruled for long periods, such as Andalusia ( Spain now) and India. Influenced by the characteristics of Islamic architecture and its characteristics significantly the Islamic religion and scientific renaissance that followed varying from one region to another depending on the weather and the legacy of architectural and cultural past in the region, where the dish is spread open in the Levant , Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. The arts in general appearance is an important manifestation of the dominant culture in society, particularly the Islamic Art is one of the purest and most accurate expressions of Islamic civilization. It is a fact that Islamic art produced one of the greatest art produced by the world's civilizations in the ancient and modern. As well as see the evolution of form and function over time and changing conditions of political and living conditions and cultural population (Fletcher, 2006).

Progression Of The Islamic Art

Many sacred spaces in which art and religion coalesce are found throughout the world today. While some such as those in Egypt are primarily of historical import, others are crucial to the contemporary functioning of today's religions. In Mecca (Makkah), Saudi Arabia, the Kaabah (“cube” in Arabic) is an ancient cube-shaped building that represents the most sacred site of Islam. Found within the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, the Kaabah is the symbolic center of the Islamic religion and the shrine to which Muslims around the world must turn each day during their prayer. All Muslims must make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime, where they partake in rituals surrounding the Kaabah. In addition to its architecture, artistic details of the Kaabah, such as the gold embroidery of verses from the Qur'an on its kiswah (the “robe” covering the shrine) are artistic manifestations of the sacred in Islam.

The following are the number of techniques of Islamic architecture to determine the importance, and to identify the contributions of Muslims in the developed and developing countries (Domosh, 2010).

Architecture of the Fatimid

The long period of Fatimid rule, lasting almost three centuries, and the dynasty's political and ideological principles brought with them a ...