How did Byzantine art influence Islamic art?
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How did Byzantine art influence Islamic art?
Islamic Art:
Islamic art takes on a diverse style and is different from other religious arts such as Christianity. For example, Islamic art considers painting actual human forms idolatry, which is sin. On the contrary, Christian art paints the human form.
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View this answerByzantine art influenced Islamic art such that Islamic art embraced Byzantine art because of its quality in expressing the beauty of imagination...
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