The art of calligraphy and ornamental writing was used to reproduce the sacred words of the Koran in as beautiful a script as po
ssible. Which of the following would NOT traditionally appear in ornamental writing of the Koran? Question 1 options: Depictions of humans and animals Stylized floral forms Stylized vegetal forms Different colors of ink used for the script
<em> The avoidance of the images of living beings in Islamic art is called Anachronism</em>, It emerges from the belief that all the living beings are god's prerogative and from the prohibition of idolatry.
In Koran there is no explicit prohibition on the visual representation of living beings, but there are explicit prohibitions of images of living beings in the hadith, it threatens thee artists with the punishment on the day of Judgement. Figures are absent in religious Islamic art while geometric and floral patterns are heavily used.
Latin Music, when first brought into the United States was a fusion of jazz and african music. Most of the time it had spanish lyrics and instruments but an african beat.
