Islamic Rugs History

Islamic art is difficult to characterize because it covers a wide range of lands periods and genres including islamic architecture islamic calligraphy islamic miniature islamic glass islamic pottery and textile arts such as carpets and embroidery.

Islamic rugs history.

The ardabil carpet persia 1540. In islam it placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of islamic prayer these involve prostration and sitting on the ground a muslim must perform wudu ablution before prayer and must pray in a clean place. The only requirement in islam is that prayers be performed in an area that is clean. Islamic carpets also known as oriental rugs are a heavy textile that is usually handmade.

During islamic prayers worshippers bow kneel and prostrate on the ground in humility before god. It comprises both religious and secular art forms. Prayer rugs are characterized by the prayer niche or mihrab an arch shaped design at one end of the carpet. Early mughal rugs closely resemble those from contemporary persia and in particular those produced in herat.

Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab 3 14 95. Dusty rose prayer rug with islamic mihrab design child size 0 5 99. Islamic carpets were a luxury item in europe and there are several examples of european renaissance paintings that document the presence of islamic textiles in european homes during that time. Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab.

Prayer rugs are not universally used by muslims nor specifically required in islam. Calligraphy vegetative patterns figurative representation and geometric patterns. Appearing early in islamic history the most common and basic design almost looks like a door to heaven. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab.

Later in the seventeenth century patterns changed as european engravings and illustrated books circulated at the court and a mughal idiom distinct from the persian manner of depicting flora developed. The rug is in the shape of a vertical rectangle with a woven arched doorway a mihrab. Prayer rug one of the major types of rug produced in central and western asia used by muslims primarily to cover the bare ground or floor while they pray. Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced in the islamic world.

History of islamic art and rugs islamic art as a way of life. Use of prayer rugs. The mihrab which probably. The ardabil carpet is the finest example of 16th century persian carpet production.

When individuals look at art of the islamic faith they will see it as more of a way of a life. Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab 1 14 95.