Figural representation in early Islamic Art

By Mahmoud Sadek

Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of Western Ontario, 1985)

Synopsis: Examines examples of early Islamic artwork to argue in favour of the notion that early Muslims were against the depiction of people in this media.

 

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