The sacred art in Islam, comprising the architecture of the mosques, Arabic calligraphy and different forms of fine arts, represents an exp...
The sacred art in Islam, comprising the architecture of the mosques,
Arabic calligraphy and different forms of fine arts, represents an
expression of Islamic world view rooted in Tawhid (the faith in the
oneness of God). It is, however, developed through a process of
historical evolution, lasting over the last 1400 years of Islamic
civilisation's interaction with Christian, Jewish and Persian sacred
arts. This volume, of original articles, written by some of the
foremost western scholars of the history of the sacred art in Islam
such as Thomas Arnold, Stanley Lane Poole, A.H. Christie, Oleg
Grabar and Titus Burckhardt, translated by Dr Sabrina Lei into
Italian, tells the story of the evolution of Islamic art and its
originality in an authentic and beautiful way.
