Islamic miniatures are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks. The earliest examples date from around 1000 AD, with a flourishing of the artform from around 1200 AD. The field is divided by scholars into four types, Arabic, Persian, Mughal (Indian), Ottoman (Turkish) .[1][2]
islamic, miniature, small, paintings, paper, usually, book, manuscript, illustrations, also, sometimes, separate, artworks, earliest, examples, date, from, around, 1000, with, flourishing, artform, from, around, 1200, field, divided, scholars, into, four, type. Islamic miniatures are small paintings on paper usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks The earliest examples date from around 1000 AD with a flourishing of the artform from around 1200 AD The field is divided by scholars into four types Arabic Persian Mughal Indian Ottoman Turkish 1 2 A miniature from the Umayyad period portraying a mosque and a garden c 690 AD from the Great Mosque of Sanaa s manuscriptsSee also editArabic miniature Ottoman miniature Persian miniature Mughal miniatureReferences edit Miniature Painting The David Collection Retrieved 30 December 2017 Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination PDF Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 28 10 166 171 October 1933 nbsp This Islam related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Islamic miniature amp oldid 1213217071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
