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Figures in Islamic art

Figurative Imagery in Islamic Art

April 27, 2022Heather
Scene in a mosque, from the Falnama (Book of Omens) of Shah Tahmasp I, Iran, 1550/1560, colours and gold on paper, 59 x 44.5 cm, MAH Musée d’art et d’histoire, Ville de Genève, Legacy Jean Pozzi, 1971. Photo: MAH, André Longchamp. Figurative imagery in Islamic art

According to common belief, Islam has an absolute ban on images and is hostile to pictorial representations, quite in contrast to Christianity. But is this actually true? Are images categorically forbidden in Islam? And what about Christianity: does not Moses’s… Continue reading →

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