ISlam and the arts
Islam has influenced many forms of the arts, such as architecture and fine art. Prohibition of figural art, love for the chanted word, weekly public worship, and it's focus on the Qur'an has inspired artists in interesting different directions that helped create extraordinary imagination.
Architecture - greatest art form of Islam
Islam architecture consists of tall towers and immense domes. It's meant to express itself in the place of public prayer, such as a mosque. A "mosque" means a place for prostration, and it can be any building or room where Islamic prayer is offered. The design is simple and is placed in villages or cities where Muslim population is small. The "Grand Mosques" provide more of artistic attention that includes at least one formal entry where shoes must be taken off and left outside
Architecture - greatest art form of Islam
Islam architecture consists of tall towers and immense domes. It's meant to express itself in the place of public prayer, such as a mosque. A "mosque" means a place for prostration, and it can be any building or room where Islamic prayer is offered. The design is simple and is placed in villages or cities where Muslim population is small. The "Grand Mosques" provide more of artistic attention that includes at least one formal entry where shoes must be taken off and left outside
Fine Art
Islam has a rich tradition of pictorial art. "Paradise" is seen as a theme in Islamic art that has inspired it as well as architecture and garden design. The Qur'an and Muslim imagination has paradise as concrete and sensuous. It's seen as not just a heaven, but more of a fertile oasis or enclosed garden. The Qur'an repeatedly says that paradise is "watered by running streams."
Islam has a rich tradition of pictorial art. "Paradise" is seen as a theme in Islamic art that has inspired it as well as architecture and garden design. The Qur'an and Muslim imagination has paradise as concrete and sensuous. It's seen as not just a heaven, but more of a fertile oasis or enclosed garden. The Qur'an repeatedly says that paradise is "watered by running streams."
Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2010. Print.