Abbasid art

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Abbasid art is the artistic tradition that flourished under the Abbasid Caliphate, noted for its refined calligraphy, geometric and vegetal ornament, and innovative architectural and decorative forms that deeply influenced the development of Islamic visual culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abbasid architecture 3
Abbasid art canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic art style ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
historical art tradition ⓘ
architecturalType fortification architecture ⓘ
mosque architecture ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalCenter Baghdad ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
characteristicFeature aniconic decoration in religious contexts ⓘ
complex geometric patterning ⓘ
figural imagery in secular contexts ⓘ
integration of calligraphy into ornament ⓘ
stylized vegetal motifs ⓘ
chronologicalEnd 13th century (core period) ⓘ
chronologicalPeak 9th century ⓘ
chronologicalStart 750 ⓘ
contributedTo codification of Islamic ornamental vocabulary ⓘ
development of Arabic calligraphy as art ⓘ
spread of lusterware technology ⓘ
standardization of Islamic architectural forms ⓘ
culturalContext Sunni Islam ⓘ
cosmopolitan urban culture ⓘ
decorativeTechnique brickwork patterns ⓘ
carved stucco panels ⓘ
molded stucco ⓘ
muqarnas (early forms) ⓘ
follows Umayyad art ⓘ
geographicRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
hasGenre book arts ⓘ
courtly art ⓘ
luxury crafts ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
influenced Fatimid art ⓘ
Mamluk art ⓘ
Ottoman art ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman culture

Timurid art ⓘ
later Islamic art ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine art ⓘ
Late Antique art ⓘ
Sasanian art ⓘ
keySite Abbasid palaces at Samarra ⓘ
Great Mosque of Samarra ⓘ
Round City of Baghdad ⓘ
Ukhaidir Palace ⓘ
notedFor arabesque decoration ⓘ
ceramic innovation ⓘ
epigraphic ornament ⓘ
geometric ornament ⓘ
innovative architectural forms ⓘ
lusterware ceramics ⓘ
refined calligraphy ⓘ
slip-painted ceramics ⓘ
stucco decoration ⓘ
vegetal ornament ⓘ
patron Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Abbasid elites ⓘ
productionCenter Basra ceramic workshops ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ
Raqqa ⓘ
Samarra ceramic workshops ⓘ
relatedMovement Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
typicalMedium architecture ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
glass ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
usesScript Kufic script ⓘ
early cursive Arabic scripts ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic art → majorStyle → Abbasid art ⓘ
Samarra → architecturalStyle → Abbasid architecture ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid art
Seljuk architecture → influencedBy → Abbasid architecture ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid art
Mustansiriya Madrasah → architecturalStyle → Abbasid architecture ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid art