Islamic Art - A Great Online Gallery
Nooor
This following link contains samples of the Islmaic art work of the
talanted Libyan artist Ali Omar Ermes:
http://www.middleeastuk.com/culture/mosaic/ermes/index.htm
There is also a didicated website at:
http://www.aliomarermes.com
"It is his belief (Artist Ali Omar Ermes) that the origins of ABSTRACT
art stem from the very nature of Islam. People learned that it was not
acceptable to replicate images of God's creation. Therefore they turned
to creating art all around them, from the carpets they walked on to the
ceramics they drank from, adding the geometric designs that we all know
and love to cover every surface. The advent of Islam lead to a total
beautification of surroundings, not replicating in anyway what was
already around them in terms of nature, but using their creative forces
as human beings to start a new artistic phase."
Wassallam