Notes on Islamic Art

Man's inclination towards the fine arts is innate and is not specific to one person or another, and is not limited to sophisticated nations rather than barbaric nations, and is not unique to one era or another. In the nations that lived the life of the first instinct, men used to carve small tools out of stone on a regular basis to use in their daily life. He used to drill pebbles and round-shaped stones and arrange them into necklaces with which his women would adorn themselves. He used to carve decorative shapes on stone spears that pleased the observer and impressed the admiration of his citizens. He engraves images of animals in the mountains and jungles surrounding him inside the caves where he resides. He has graduated in engravings and engravings, painting them in red, black and white. Excavators have found many of these images and engravings in many caves in Spain and South Africa.