Islamic painting
In art history , the term Islamic painting generally refers to the painting of peoples shaped by Islamic culture and is mainly used for book illumination .
In the narrower sense of religious Islamic art , it can mean paintings in religious contexts or with religious content.
The wall paintings are so-called Hajj paintings, which have the pilgrimage to Mecca as their theme.
See also
literature
- Hans-Caspar Graf von Bothmer: Islamic painting . Herder, Freiburg [a. a.] 1977. (The great encyclopedia of painting, edited by Hermann Bauer, vol. 4)
Web links
- Search for "Islamic, Painting" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Islamic Art in: Microsoft Encarta