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Assignment 13
The Annunciation, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), ca. 1485-92, From the collection of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Islamic art does not depict humanized images of God or Muhammed, and the Hadith also prohibits the depictions of other zoomorphic creature (animals, humans, fauna).
Glazed Monumental Inscription Tiles, Unknown, Iran, 12th or 13th Century, 1100/1200, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Islamic religious art used things such as artistic calligraphy to represent religious significance and decoration.
Figurine of Cow and Calf, Unknown, Syria, early 13th Century, 1200/1250, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Art such as the sculpture depicting a cow and calf would be allowed in luxury Islamic art, but not religious art because it is a representation of an animal, which the Hadith did not allow.
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