Islamic art encompasses the arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by culturally Islamic populations.[2] It includes fields as varied as architecture, calligraphy, painting, and ceramics, among others.
Typically, though not entirely, Islamic art has focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy, rather than on figures, because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against Allah, forbidden in the Qur'an.
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images of people is a return to pagan idolatry ages So instead Islamic art is uses designs arabesque Islamic art has changed with the change of ruling periods This evolution of Islamic art started from the Fatimid period Examples of architecture of the Fatimid period are the Azhar mosque and El hakim Be Amr Allah mosque The following period was that of the
