Islamic Art: Safavid Shah Tahah, And Muin

There were many different influences to Islamic Art, specifically from China. Most or all of the artwork has not holy images, has geometric shapes, a lot of writing, and had no living figures or creatures. It was very ornamental, flowing or also know as arabesque.

Some prominent artists were Safavid Shahs group, Shah Tahmasp, Riza-i Abbasi, and Muin. Safavid Shahs were a group of people who made textiles a huge industry, specifically in Iran, and it spread all over. Textiles were already a popular form of art, but they made the industry even bigger than before. Shah Tahmasp was one of the important Shahs and he designed carpets himself. Riza-i Abbasi was a popular painter and a good teacher, whose most prominent pupil was Muin.

There was a wide variety of types of art including calligraphy, ceramics,and textiles. Calligraphy has two different types, Kufic and cursive. Cursive was used in everyday writing and Kufic Script was used in official and religious writing only. Kufic writing was very artistic and purposeful while cursive was straightforward. There are specific details in the writing and pages such as gold leaf and decorated pages, red dots, decorated margins, and colorful. …show more content…
There is earthenware, fritware, porcelain, glasswork, and crystal-carving. Earthenware is fired clay that has a natural brown or tan color. Fritware is powdered quartz added to the clay and then fired at higher temperature than normally and is harder, finer, and is