Thursday, June 19, 2008

Prehistoric Eastern art

Eastern art has usually worked in a style similar to Western medieval painting, namely a attention on surface pattern and local color (meaning the plain color of an item, such as essential red intended for a red robe, besides than the modulations of that color brought about by glow, gloom and reflection). A feature of this style is that the local color is often distinct by an outline (a contemporary equal is the cartoon). This is clear in, for example, the art of India, Tibet as well as Japan.

Spiritual Islamic painting forbids iconography, and express religious thoughts through geometric design instead. Yet, there are a lot of Islamic paintings which display religious theme and scenes of story common among the three main monotheistic faith of Islam, Christianity, as well as Judaism.

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