Islamic Art – Shamail – Traditions and Modernity

Abstract

Islamic art is multifaceted and has a great history in fine arts. Religious art, including Islamic themes, is closely intertwined with culture, philosophy, religious knowledge and especially with the history of our country. Let us consider the specific form of Muslim art that has existed since ancient times: shamail, a peculiar phenomenon of Islamic culture and an important part of religious and aesthetic consciousness. Shamail is an art form as a carrier of written Quranic content – texts in the form of a sura from the Holy Quran with particular design consisting of images of mosques or fortresses, ornaments or birds, images of a tree or an ark and some others.