Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

The colour in Islamic Art

Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology, Baku State University, Azerbaijan

*Corresponding Author: Gholamreza Mehri Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology, Baku State University, Azerbaijan. gholamrezamehri146@gmail.com, gholamrezamehri@yahoo.com

Online published on 22 March, 2016.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate and to explain the importance of color in Islamic art and to transmit islamic ideas to the audience. The colors are very important for religion as a means to convey its ideas, as the art. A Muslim artist focuses the attention on Abstract art, which consists of his mental impressions. And for this purpose, the artist tries tries not to use different and contrasting colors which deprive the human soul of peace and comfort. In the Islamic art is applied the colors, different from the nature's colors.

Keywords

Islamic art, Muslim artist, colour, God's light