Salaam Alaikum,
I am a ceramic artist that would like to learn more about Islamic art. Any suggestions? Documentaries or books/articles?
Thanks!
:salam2:
by 'islamic art' if you mean what is allowed and what is not--- then i would say it is NOT allowed to make pictures of any living thing (because on the Day of Judgement you'll be asked to blow life into it which obviously noone except ALLAH can do)... heard this from a scholar.
hope this info (whiich many people know) was of some help.
Sister Ashima, can you make the design very similar to that which was made at inner walls of ALhambra in spain? It involved not a single living thing. Try copying that as a start.
You can read about art in spain.. This might help you
www.muslimsheritage.com