Thank you for sharing these beautiful examples from the museum. Their calligraphy alone is like a beautiful painting especially when one cannot read it....Have you read translations of their poets?
Alas, no. But I have read that "representational" art is fairly rare in the Islamic world -- especially representational *religious* art -- so creative brilliance was lavished on the word of the Koran itself.
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful examples from the museum. Their calligraphy alone is like a beautiful painting especially when one cannot read it....Have you read translations of their poets?
ReplyDeleteAlas, no. But I have read that "representational" art is fairly rare in the Islamic world -- especially representational *religious* art -- so creative brilliance was lavished on the word of the Koran itself.
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