Across Islamic visual art, three key characteristics include floral motifs, geometric designs and calligraphy. Often overlapping across various art forms and genres, these elements are influenced by principles in the Qu'ran.
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The most dominant and prevalent symbols of Islam are the Crescent and Star, the minaret, and Arabic inscriptions and numerals. Additional typical Islamic design motifs include calligraphic representations of Allah's name, images of the Dome of the Rock, palm trees and the color green.
The representation of human figures is rare in Islamic religious art because. Muslims believed that artists should not compete with Allah, who created everything.
Since Islam prohibits the direct representation of people, instead abstracted, geometric plant motifs decorate Muslim spaces and artifacts, symbolizing the lushness and fertility of Paradise. Flowers are a cross-cultural symbol of fertility and springtime.