Islamic Civilizations and Byzantine Empire Primary Source Argume

How do religion and art come together to make aspects of illustration symbolic? The Byzantine and Islamic civilization reflects upon one main topic of religion, which both civilizations reflect their religion upon art. Art and religion join together to symbolize about their culture and different aspects of  their illustration of religion.

Helmet

The Islamic civilization symbolized their religion in many different ways. Their culture was exemplified in the primary source. This image is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is called  “Helmet”. This turban-shaped helmet is especially special, because of its  exquisite marks that were used in the Ottoman  armory . This shows that this helmet has been passed into the Turkish  possession from the Ottoman victory of Iran and Caucasus. The ruler of Shivran in the Caucasus, Farrukh-Siar, has a helmet decorated in this alike style. This is known by the Museum’s helmet is also in the rule, Shivran’s manufacture. This showed calligraphy in not only one way but others. The Muslims could not draw pictures of people, which was hard to not express their religion. By this source they have armory but they do not express anything about their god or leader on the helmet. Islam started off as a spiritual act, but then ended up as a cultural move.  Islamic art was not only just art, but it was made up of the “Muslim faith”. This consisted of architecture of the land, not just a religion way of life. In my primary source I found that Muslim’s do not draw people on their drawings because they are not allowed too. Although, they find ways to work around that.This plays a role in religion, because how do they express their praise to their god Allah.Even though they do not draw people they like drawing the geometric shapes for their mosaics. In the Mosques, which are the religious temples, they do show shapes and different symmetry as well. Muslims express their religion in a different way then the Byzantine people.

Icon with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple

The Byzantine civilization showed their religion in more ways than one. In my primary source it is visible that people are drawn in. This shows that religion is expressing in art rather than in the Islamic culture they do not show their gods or any faces. This image is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is called Icon with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. The icons composed on wood, which wood was a foundation of religious expression in the time of the Byzantines. This was recognized by a Greek engraving of “the Purification”. This icon illustrates the Virgin introducing the Christ Child to Simeon for traditional ceremony of the freeing at the temple. Like Simeon, the seer Anna noticed the adolescent’s sanctity. This was shown by the Greek inscription on the scroll that said, “This child created Heaven and Earth.”This shows that people were allowed to be incorporated in the art.The Byzantine civilization was very culturistic and symbolic civilization of their culture and religious devotions. They show their religion of their gods with pictures. Art symbolizes religion in many different ways in this civilization. They translate church beliefs into artistic statements. They show church beliefs as in the primary source they illustrated how there was a “purification at the temple”. Western art is show in many different ways in the Byzantine culture by architecture, paintings, and other visual arts. Later on this was a result of style and a spiritual way of illustrating barely corresponding to Western Art. Byzantine civilization expressed their art and religion together freely rather than the Muslims having to sequester their devotion.

The two different civilization show religion by actual visualizing it in their art, but then trying to get around there regulations of expressing it. In every civilization in different periods of time, show their devotion towards their culture and religion in their expressions. Even though the Byzantine and Islamic don’t express religion from their art in the same way they do express other themes alike.All over the world different culture symbolize their religions in distinct ways.

1. Introduction

Question

1. How do religion and art come together to make aspects symbolic?

Topic

2. The Byzantine and Islamic civilization reflects upon one main topic of religion, which both civilizations reflect their religion upon art.

Thesis Statement

3. Art and religion join together to symbolize about their culture and different aspects of  their illustration of religion.
3. 1st Body Paragraph

This symbolizes the way the Islamics culture was exemplified in the primary source.

1. This image is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is called  “Helmet”. This turban-shaped helmet is especially special, because of its  exquisite marks that were used in the Ottoman  armory . This shows that this helmet has been passed into the Turkish  possession from the Ottoman victory of Iran and Caucasus. The ruler of Shivran in the Caucasus, Farrukh-Siar, has a helmet decorated in this alike style. This is known by the Museum’s helmet is also in the rule, Shivran’s manufacture.
2. This showed calligraphy in not only one way but others.
1. The Muslims could not draw pictures of people, which was hard to not express their religion.
2. By this source they have armory but they do not express anything about their god or leader on the helmet.

Islam started off as a spiritual act, but then ended up as a cultural move.

Islamic art was not only just art, but it was made up of the “Muslim faith”.

3. This consisted of architecture of the land
4. Not just a religion way of life

In my primary source I found that Muslim’s do not draw people on their drawings because they are not allowed too.

5. Although, they find ways to work around that.
6. This plays a role in religion, because how do they express their praise to their god Allah.

Even though they do not draw people they like drawing the geometric shapes for their mosaics.

7. In the Mosques, which are the religious temples, they do show shapes and different symmetry as well.

Muslims express their religion in a different way then the Byzantine people.

3. 2nd Body Paragraph

In my primary source it is visible that people are drawn in.

1. This shows that religion is expressing in art rather than in the Islamic culture they do not show their gods or any faces.
2. This image is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is called Icon with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. The icons composed on wood, which wood was a foundation of religious expression in the time of the Byzantines. This was recognized by a Greek engraving of “the Purification”. This icon illustrates the Virgin introducing the Christ Child to Simeon for traditional ceremony of the freeing at the temple. Like Simeon, the seer Anna noticed the adolescent’s sanctity. This was shown by the Greek inscription on the scroll that said, “This child created Heaven and Earth.”
1. This shows that people were allowed to be incorporated in the art.

The Byzantine civilization was very culturistic and symbolic civilization of their culture and religious devotions.

3. They show their religion of their gods with pictures.
4. Art symbolizes religion in many different ways in this civilization.
1. They translate church beliefs into artistic statements.
2. They show church beliefs as in the primary source they illustrated how there was a “purification at the temple”.
5. Western art is show in many different ways in the Byzantine culture by architecture, paintings, and other visual arts.
1. Later on this was a result of style and a spiritual way of illustrating barely corresponding to Western Art.

Byzantine civilization expressed their art and religion together freely rather than the Muslims having to sequester their devotion.

4. Conclusion

The two different civilization show religion by actual visualizing it in their art, but then trying to get around there regulations of expressing it.

In every civilization in different periods of time, show their devotion towards their culture and religion in their expressions.

Even though the Byzantine and Islamic don’t express religion from their art in the same way they do express other themes alike.

All over the world different culture symbolize their religions in distinct ways.

Work Cited

"Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History." The Nature of Islamic Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2013. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orna/hd_orna.htm

"Introduction to Islamic Art." BBC News. BBC, 2013. Web. 16 Dec. 2013. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/art/art_1.shtm

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Byzantine Art." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/87136/Byzantine-art>

Bliss, Lillie P. Icon with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Digital image. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, 2000. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/50.87>.

Rogers. Helmet. Digital image. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, 2000. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/50.87>.