[1] The calligraphic tradition, initially growing out of the demand for illuminated Qur'ans, was later used to embellish both religious and secular art in the Islamic world, and often appeared in ...
Examples of Islamic art can be found on objects and in places such as on prayer mats, ornaments and in mosques. Calligraphy is a type of decorative handwriting. There is lots of calligraphy in the ...
Islamic art, especially the arts of Iran and Central Asia, the art and architecture produced under the Mongols, calligraphy and books. Professor Blair teaches about all aspects of Islamic art from the ...