Islamic figurative art.

The Koran's prohibition of the representation of the human figure - really of only secondary importance in the context of the Bedouin civilisation in which it was pronounced- profoundly influenced the entire development of Islamic art. With figurative panel and fresco painting styles.These were brought to levels of exquisite refinement in Islamic art, and centuries of study led to a success of motifs utilizing original or borrowed harmonic, rhythmic and chromatic patterns. Figurative art made a quiet appearance in the highly specialised miniatures that flourishing in Persia for many centuries after Islamic conquest, and continued in India during the Moghul age. However it was a courtly, almost clandestine, form of art, exclusively for the enjoyment of kinds and princes miniatures were used to illustrate books of epic romantic poetry, with subject matter that was iconoclastic crusades condemning books and poems to fire.

Casalino Pierluigi