Islamic art comprises of cultural and religious art forms that subject to a wide range of geographical influences. The purpose of this paper is to study four different artists to identify their signatures and attributions in two museums. The two museums that I chose is…
Essays on World Arts
A prominent feature of Islamic art is the abstract, non-figurative representations, which find their complete expression in geometric patterns. These regularly formed patterns can be found in all areas of Islamic art, starting with stone ornaments on buildings, artful wood decorations, coloured ornaments and arabesques…
Roman art mentioned by Ancient Rome (n.d.), discusses the influence of Roman art and how it came from the Greeks and Etruscans artists including mosaics which were used to decorate and was inspired by Roman activities like sport and hunting. Pottery was important in their…
Romanticism and Realism are two of the most prominent movements of the nineteenth-century in European literature. Both are closely related but differ vastly in various ways such as plot and characterization. Romanticism spawned by the time of the Industrial Revolution as a protest of the…
Roman art is a vast art form that bridges over Europe, Africa, and Asia. It dates back to almost 1,000 years and contains a huge spectrum of media (Ambler 2015). Such media included paintings, mosaics, bronze work, marble, and terracottas. Around the city of Rome…
Afro-Portuguese Ivories are artifacts that are well known and admired throughout history. Ivories are known to be derived from the west coasts of Africa. These works of art are the first known African art pieces to be brought back to Europe through African-Portuguese trading. The…
In most Muslim social orders today, specialists practice figurative workmanship. Be that as it may, figurative restriction in aesthetic portrayals has been additionally discussed. Individual decisions will vary dependent on understandings of Qurān, Hadiths and Tafsīrs. In any case, some religious researchers contend that allegorical…
Over the past few centuries, mosques have become the heart of Islamic life throughout the world. They were built in order to deepen Islamic worship and knowledge, while also giving them the ability to deeply connect with Allah and have the opportunity to unify in…
Introduction In the nineteenth century, the preliminary eurocentric terms; Saracenic, Mohammedan, Moorish and Oriental architecture became one, Islamic architecture. The influences it had on other styles of architecture grew even more and made an evident difference in the Historical, Cultural and Religious buildings and artefacts….
Islamic art is created not only for the Muslim faith, but it consists of artworks such as textiles, architecture, paintings and drawings that were produced in the regions that were once ruled by Muslim empires. Artists from various disciplines take part in collaborative projects and…
An ongoing debate in Architecture: functionality or aesthetics… which comes first? In the 1st Century before Christ, Roman architect, Vitruvius, believed there were three main aspects of design: Strength, utility (functionality) and grace (beauty). Although he wasn’t of any major relevance, the architect’s philosophy continued…
Introduction There are many types of Roman art spanning from the founding of the namesake capital city in 753 BCE to the fall of the city and western empire in 476 CE, a 1229 year period full of culture. From frescoes to sculptures to reliefs…
Depicting the Life of People There are many prevalent themes recognized within murals of the Roman houses in Pompeii but the most common having to be realistic stills of peoples lives and landscapes that are captured and would be painted on every wall throughout whole…
Introduction The Roman Empire displayed a characteristic that distinguished it from any other civilization; a multicultural character. The Roman civilization consisted of numerous people with a variety of different backgrounds. People of different languages, beliefs, and races lived within the borders of the Roman civilization…
When the Roman Art Started and Where? Roman art started almost 1,000 years ago and it was in three continents, from Europe into Africa and Asia. Roman art was detected for the first time back in 509 B.C.E., and that was during the founding of…
