Arte Islâmica (Islamic Art)

O Islão é a maior religião do globo em número de fiéis, aproximadamente 25% da população mundial. Dispersa-se do Norte de África ao Sudeste Asiático. Os vários povos possuem sensibilidades artísticas diversas.

Islam is the largest religion in the world in terms of number of adherents, approximately 25% of the world population. It is scattered from North Africa to Southeast Asia. The several Muslim peoples have different artistic sensibilities.

al-Wasiti, yahya ibn Mahmud-'pilgrim caravan'-paper-1237 Paris-Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Ms Maqamat des Hariri-folio 31)

Syrischer Maler um 1315--'the elephant'-paper-1315 New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unknown-'Al-Jaziri's Treatise Automata (1206)'-copy 14th century Washington-Smithsonian Institution (Freer Gallery of Art)

History painter of Bayad and Riyad-'luth song in a garden by a noble lady'-paper Città del Vaticano-Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Ms Maghrebin)

Unknown-'woman with a spray of flowers'-ca 1575