Here are nine of the most expensive abstract art to ever be sold: Long gone artists seem to be able to sell their paintings for so much more than any living artist, yet Arab paintings have been pushing their way into the art market and growing in popularity over the past decade. To date, the most expensive abstract oil paintings ever sold is an abstract landscape by Willem de Kooning called Interchange, which sold for $300 Million in 2015. The ability to sell a painting for millions of dollars is not as easy as it looks, hence the overwhelming amount of 'starving artists.' Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions and Chinese influences had a formative effect on Islamic painting, pottery, and textiles. Islamic art was influenced by Greek, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine art styles, as well as the Sassanian art of pre-Islamic Persia.

Calligraphy and the decoration of manuscript Qurans is an essential aspect of Islamic art as the word takes on religious and artistic significance. Islamic religious art differs significantly from Christian religious art traditions.īecause figural representations are generally considered to be forbidden in Islam, the word takes on religious meaning in art as seen in the tradition of calligraphic inscriptions. It frequently includes secular elements and elements that are forbidden by some Islamic theologians.

Islamic art is not restricted to religious art, but instead includes all of the art of the rich and varied cultures of Islamic societies. Instead, Islamic art covers a range of artistic fields including architecture, calligraphy, painting, glass, ceramics, and textiles, among others. This art is also not of a specific religion, time, place, or single medium. It is thus a complicated art to define because it spans some 1400 years, covering many lands and populations. Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the seventh century onward by both Muslims and non-Muslims who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by, culturally Islamic populations.

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