Arabic miniature
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Arabic miniatures are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks that occupy entire pages. The earliest example dates from around 690 AD, w
Yahyâ ibn Mahmûd al Wâsitî 005
Irakischer Maler von 1287 001
Kitab al Aghani 01
Maqamat hariri
Islamic art
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Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. Referring to
Detail of arabesque decoration at the Alhambra in Spain
The Ardabil Carpet, probably the finest surviving Persian carpet, Tabriz, mid-16th century
Hunters at a Stream - Riza `Abbasi, c. 1625 Brooklyn Museum
Tiles with some calligraphy in the courtyard of the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul (Turkey)