History Essay: Categorizing Cultures and Histories

CATEGORIZING CULTURES AND HISTORIES
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Islamic art is a concept created by historians in the 19th Century used to describe artistic work made under the Islamic people by artists whose main religion was Islam. The problem with the term 'Islamic art' is that unlike other religions such as the Christian religion, which only claims the religious arts, it generalizes all the artistic work that has been created in a Land where Islamic religion is dominant as being Islamic art. Islamic art also claims all the artwork done by patterns of other faiths such as Christians and Jews living in Islamic areas. Due to its broad nature, we face issues when categorizing an artwork as either being Islamic or not. Since it includes religious and secular art, some secular art made in the Islamic lands Could be forbidden by some Islamic theologians if it is categorized as Islam...