Assignment 13
The Annunciation, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), ca. 1485-92, From the collection of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Unlike in Christian religious art, Islamic art was prohibited from having human portrayal. Muslims's rejected idol worship of humans. They saw it as a sin to have humans in religious art work.
Section of a panel of six tiles, Iznik workshop, 1570/1590, From the collection of: Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Instead, Islamic art uses patterns and repetition of geometrical shapes and flowers for decoration and religious significance.
Figurine of Cow and Calf, Unknown, Syria, early 13th Century, 1200/1250, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
As for secular or luxury Islamic art, small figurines of people or animals were allowed. They were kept in private homes.
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