ISLAMIC PANORAMA

ISLAMIC PANORAMA

L’arte islamica é fondamentalmente di ispirazione religiosa, anche quando si manifesta nella decorazione e nell’architettura civile. Ed é noto come l’arte musulmana sia quasi interamente non figurativa. Da qui il florilegio da un lato di elegantissimi arabeschi e di caleidoscopiche decorazioni astratte, geometriche e non; dall’altro l’affermarsi di una vera arte calligrafica attraverso l’uso della scritta coranica nell’architettura di esterni ed interni come elemento simbolico, didattico e decorativo. L’uso del mosaico di vetro Bisazza al servizio dell’arte islamica è qui illustrato in una serie...

Islamic art is almost entirely non figurative and in the main inspired by the artistic tradition and spirituality of the Muslim culture. This ancient art form has been influenced throughout time not only by regional characteristics but also by other cultures, this means there are many essentials to Islamic art; its elegant arabesque decorations and kaleidoscopic abstract designs, the geometrical and non-geometrical patterns or the unique calligraphic art with qu’ranic inscriptions, all of which are used to embellish external and internal architecture as symbolic, didactic and decorative elements....

L'art islamique est presqu'entierement non figuratif. Meme lorsqu'il se manifeste dans la decoration publique ou I'architecture civile, il a toujours une inspiration profondement religieuse. On y trouve un florilege d'elegantes arabesques, ou des decorations caleidoscopiques abstraites, souvent geometriques, mais aussi l'affirmation d'un veritable art calligraphique utilisant l'ecriture coranique dans l'architecture d'exterieurs et d'interieurs en guise d'element symbolique, autant didactique que decoratif. Le recours a la mosaique de verre Bisazza au service de l'art islamique est ici illustre...

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