Masterpieces of Islamic Art, from the Umayyad Empire to the Ottomans • FRANCE 24 English

From the expansion of the Umayyad Empire in the seventh century until the fall of the Ottomans in the early 20th century, Muslim artists produced a stream of masterpieces that circulated across the globe - adorning places of worship, royal courts and the grand residences of the nobility. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at some of the treasures of Islamic art.
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[@gary1251]

Excellent Magnificent How could we - the U.S. military/government - treat Muslims so horridly? We must honor, uphold, respect and learn from their spirituality, their architecture, their sense of order, and their artistic disipline. (sp?) Gary in Hilo

[@longjohn2155]

Please…

[@cewolf78]

thanks man ...

[@sabihatanveer8494]

U got it 🌟🌙🕌

[@casamia995]

agree with you

[@gulchitairahimova2824]

Thanks for your comments

[@TheWaterTune]

Love this documentary! Such intricate, inspiring art.

[@astudent753]

I am crying seeing the beauty🥺❤️

[@mdaddy1792]

The golden age of Islam. Proud to be Muslim

[@zekialpan8539]

Was ist islamic Art. İst das, Arabic, oder Indisch, oder Persish, oder Türkisch...?

[@Hindu_Shahi]

​@@zekialpan8539All of them.

[@rmatene]

you're proud to be a liar????

[@romatigerpunk]

​@zekialpan8539 it's an umbrella term that includes all of the ethnicities you listed, don't feign ignorance lol

[@k8slens224]

@@rmatene whats your logic ? do you have working brain ?

[@connorseunninga2324]

These are absolutly amazing. The modern artisans!

[@max30888]

Extraordinary architecture 😍

[@oben9]

Being Turkish İ am happy that people saved these artificials for next generations to understand each other

[@arcmedya2388]

@user yes we are secular, i dont like islam

[@arcmedya2388]

@user turkey is a secular country, go and read constitution, maybe majority of people are muslims, but not a muslim country since 1923,why should i go? You can go to Pakistan or arabia

[@itskalashnikov4127]

we should ship all murtads to china

[@hamzaabbass1300]

@@arcmedya2388 why pakistan send them to Arabia!

[@ah3139]

@@arcmedya2388 you can go America or Europe 😂... Since before 1200 Muslims came to anatolia. For 700 years. Secularism started barely 100 years.. Carry on crying.. 95% of Turkey is Muslim.. Every city evety village has a mosque... Biz osmanlı torunuyuz

[@innerpeace8581]

Thank you for this amazing presentation!

[@jagga309]

What amazes me is the fact that how they managed to loot so much!!!!!

[@annwilliams6438]

Hmm, if you buy something from someone is that looting?

[@ikranmohamud4789]

@@annwilliams6438 you mean like the way they looted Iraq 🇮🇶 artifacts

[@sahyl3327]

@@annwilliams6438 When Westerners Invaded middle Eastern countries killed millions destroyed most of the places and took away the valuable. That's not looting?

[@faisalmir1383]

@@annwilliams6438 when other nations have artefacts not from their own history, they can give these things their own meanings. Since the West was so anti-East, they seemed to be obsessed with their way of living. This is also the case now. For what reason?!

[@ibrahimchowdhury2566]

@Janitor Queen but colonial european countries didn’t buy this. They looted it.

[@z4c4p4]

I love this!! Thank you, F24!!

[@joynal390]

watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@Ladymadonna007]

This was beautiful. Islamic artwork is so beautiful. It seems the Italians were more than inspired by the beauty of the Ancient world. And stole or claim the work of the Ancient world as their own

[@eggheadusa9900]

7:43

[@snowmoon7385]

Ya in sicily..No building s beauty is ultimate without domes.

[@mexicare26]

Gvb😮v.v😮bb😮bbbbbbbbb😮bb😮b😮b 😮b😮b😅😅😅 0:27 😅😅

[@rajababy2009]

Europe architect is mostly inspired by Islamic and ottoman architect

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

Inspired? Weren't the Romans hundreds of years older? How can you claim such a thing when you have no proof?

[@queensandybrown2407]

Beautiful art

[@sharonlobo7930]

This is the best part of the Met. Thank you for showing how they constructed these beautiful spaces and put together the exhibits. Stunning.

[@MarcoDollenz]

Fantastic and inspiring

[@raheemam]

Beautiful Art and beautiful people are around!

[@user-jv6ip6fe8m]

Dr. Abdul Wahab Al-Mesiri said about art: " I later learned that many foreigners who converted to Islam entered it through Islamic arts. The artist Béjart, a well-known French ballet dancer, converted to Islam by studying carpets and the drawings installed in them. Roger Garaudy (the French Islamic philosopher) also had a special interest in Islamic architecture, and perhaps this alerted preachers. For Islam, the importance of Islamic art and civilizational Islam."

[@wailani3263]

Absolutely wonderful ! Thank you ... Watch Ertugrul:Resurrection (Father of Osman, founder of the Ottoman Empire)

[@samerayad1759]

An integrated civilization... Scholars who established science and knowledge in all directions deserve people to respect Muslims at all times

[@murtazarashid7435]

Awesome 👌

[@gujjar_gorsi_2k24]

Thanks for uploading Islamic Cultural documentary

[@deanjackson2102]

the only better way to understand Islam is by looking at the different people in that faith and cultures

[@mohamedfarookmohamedfarhan8012]

Well preserved

[@mrnazlan555]

Amazing

[@bodybuilder7033]

From Indian muslim Alhamdullila🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@militaryworld2304]

France it's Arab ☪

[@bodybuilder7033]

@@militaryworld2304 how are you

[@user-ud7ld4rf9b]

Moroccan amazigh architecture is the best out of all 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@AQWOMAR9]

Yeah its very nice and special. Its also inspired from arabic architecture

[@l.d.mmoroccanforce3639]

ton commentaire est digne d'un enfant de 8 ans...arrête de nous ridiculise ,tu fais honte...

[@lerenschrijven9339]

All are interconnected… all are beautifully on their own special way..

[@ezzokenan1943]

its Arabic islamic dude it came from Damascus Amazigh has no arch

[@mustafa8988]

Excellent documentary 👍

[@GamelanSinarSurya]

It’s interesting to me that the Islamic art of Indonesia, which is a religiously pluralistic society but has more Muslims citizens than any country on earth, is not mentioned at all a video representing Islamic art from across the world…

[@samias.8498]

Gamelan Sinar Surya, that is a pity! I would love to see it included. I guess they focused mostly on the artifacts they have in Europe.

[@romatigerpunk]

Indonesia became Muslim in the late 1300s, somewhat late, as the golden age was from the 8th century to the 13th century. This is probably why the it overlooked, unfortunately.

[@kenichinishikawa7007]

Great video and clarified some of my confusions of history. I visited Met and Louvre and saw many of items in the video. I will make a video of Islamic arts in Met when I visited in 2011.

[@user-zu3ot5lo8w]

Wow all of this was stolen from us, even the mosques lamps. Gifted?!! Yeah right, just like the Muslim Algerian skulls were "gifted". No worries, I truly believe that everything will get back to it's owners. Bi idni Allah aja wajal

[@13minutestomidnight]

Sure, there was tons of stealing (on all sides), but there was a high level of communication between political leaders in Europe, Asia and the Middle East since the Romans, and gifts were common. Islamic Empires have been like the Roman Empire, Chinese Empire and Empires throughout Europe: they conquered through bloodshed and looted their enemies, absorbing people, lands and culture (including artwork and priceless artefacts). Would you like to consider all the cities conquered and "stolen" by Islamic and European Empires? The Dome of the Rock is on 4 different religious holy sites claimed by different peoples before Islam got there. If you want to have a petty squabble over who "owns" what, and where it comes from, you'll find a hard time tracking down all the twists and turns of history. And remember, Islamic regions included what is now Spain and Asia, so it is a vast heritage, and you might find that valued Islamic artwork really "belongs" to a country that you now dislike.

[@annwilliams6438]

I wonder if the Blue Mosque is going to be given back to the Christians?

[@alisamir6866]

@@annwilliams6438 nothing is going to be given back to you just like how u turned the ummayad mosque in Spain into a church

[@bearislandthuglife3463]

​@@13minutestomidnight I Agree to an extent wih you statement but you are incorrect when it comes to the Islamic Claim to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Historically it was the site of Two Jewish Temples both of which were destroyed, first by Babylonians than by Romans, when the Muslims Conquered Jerusalem under the Caliph Umar the Temple Mount was turned into a Rubbish put by Byzantines aka Eastern Roman Empire, the Muslims are the ones who made the Temple Mount a Holy Site once again and built the Masjd Al-Aqsa under the Ummayid Caliph Abd Al Malik, Muslims are part of the Heritage and History of Jerusalem and the Holy Land no one could deny it.

[@cintabenar-lovethetruth4132]

OMG..... Allstuffs you performing here are so amazing ! Thank you.... I hope I can visit the museum !

[@nanasyrian3616]

50:38 Damascus room💗

[@user-xh5mt5rs8x]

24:09 And also 🇲🇦 Moroccan room ❤️!

[@candicem9344]

Beautiful

[@3die3ra]

7:43 This technique is way back than the Roman and Greek It's originated in Iraq in the summerian and Babylonian empires and any one can visit Uruk city can see this glazed mosaic still obvious on the bricks of it walls or you can Google Ishtar gate it's on piece of that kind of glazed bricks

[@drone5801]

Moroccan architecture 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

The art that creates 🌎🌏🌍#sharedunderstandings

[@seanskywalka5172]

*Fun Fact: The Muslim Ruler Nur Ad Din of Islamic Andulsia Spain used the "Fleur de lis" as his Kingdom symbol. The French copied that symbol afterwards*

[@aadanaadan9109]

Alhamdulillah

[@kerder8660]

what's missed..sulleiman was constantly in wars he had no time for artistry it was his second wife kidnapped by tatars from polish kingdom at that time & sold as slave to his huram.. her name Aleksandra Lisowska a doughter of priest from orthodox church ...she became Sulaiman wife & it was her who expanded the architecture & artistry in ottoman empire thx to her we can enjoy in seeing this today..

[@COMBUST1ER]

The right thing to do would be to give these treasures back to their home of origin. Also the many other stolen works of art from around the world.

[@worfoz]

mankind steals from mankind, free kurdistan, OK?

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Davina summed it up 🕋🕌🌙🌟

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Amazing documentary, u made my day

[@physicspectrum16]

No one cares with u

[@snowmoon7385]

The live creation shapes on carpets etc is not good but the rest artwork s amazing...book stands till this day are used.

[@simon0802]

@ 5:06 They show the map of the Islamic world and exclude Bangladesh!? Its the 3rd largest Muslim state in the world and major hub of trade in the medieval Islamic world. For one the Muslin fabric was produced there and was a hot selling item at the time!!

[@mohammedmessaoudi2882]

Also Indonesia and Malysia

[@simon0802]

@@mohammedmessaoudi2882 Yes we can't forget them, being that Indonesia is the largest Muslim state on Earth!

[@nothajzl]

I love that a french person is translating french to english. There's irony in there somewhere im sure :))

[@militaryworld2304]

Thanks to France 24 for this, really nice . Al though you are Arab 😊 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇫🇷

[@Sheen023]

How arab?

[@tasnimfarah6139]

❤

[@scoremia]

ALLAH!

[@quackquack2436]

20:20 geometry

[@bobjones1537]

Unfortunately, Westerners miss the point by focusing on the materialistic characteristics of Islamic Architecture but ignore the Soul and Core of the Religion itself, even when they enter a mosque they just look at the tiles or scriptures...

[@k8slens224]

Now return the artifacts to their original nationals

[@lahleholivia7398]

Sahih al-Bukhari 6109 Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house. His face got red with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection ."

[@noneone.............]

Let's learn 🌐♥️

[@sofim6264]

Jeg vil. .

[@bodybuilder7033]

سُبحان الله

[@militaryworld2304]

France it's Arab ☪

[@ardakaya22]

Which museum is here

[@User-ID.]

Who lacks something cannot give it. Therefore, it is certain that the great scholars, both Muslims and non-Muslims, know from the depths of their hearts that the Islamic civilization (beginning with the father of the prophets and humanity and the first of the Muslims, the Prophet Adam) is the civilization that established the sciences of all kinds (until these sciences flourished during the reign of the master of the first and last of creation and the seal of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad). The reason is very clear, which is that ALLAH Almighty is the Creator and Owner of everything, so the knowledge of His creation is not hidden from Him. And as an explanation of everything that ALLAH wanted man to know, after He sent down Adam and Eve from Paradise to Earth, He spoke to some of His prophets, inspired some of them, and inspired those He chose among His righteous servants. Also, the leading scholars rightly know that the Arabic language is the mother of all languages, the most eloquent and the most complete, and that it is not possible to replace or put any language in its place in a way that is not fake. They know that non-Muslim civilizations are guided by passion and their slogan is ignorance, and every time Islamic rule is overthrown, they attack and plunder the knowledge of Islam and Muslims, then attribute the merit of this knowledge to themselves. through empty talk, falsification of history, and other means. And [The condition of human beings since the fall of the Islamic empire] enough proof of my comment.

[@realestever1097]

The Persian book the king of kings (SHANAMA) was not written for Safavid king, It was written for MAHMUD OF GHAZNA - GHAZNAVID EMPIRE

[@militaryworld2304]

France it's Arab ☪

[@mamnoona]

Is the Sufi the famous Ibin Alaraby?

[@ilyasregragui3854]

No ibn alarabi was born after the Sufi era i think, he was in Al Andalus

[@militaryworld2304]

France ,spain ,Portugal all was in Ummayat Caliphate .After many years ottoman comes it was ruled Kosovo ,Bosnia and others country

[@fadiestifani8307]

And India, Pakistan, center Asia ,persia etc..the capital was Damascus

[@moroccoisback477]

Yes and also Moroccan empire who ruled Andalucia 3 centuries after fall of ummayad caliphate

[@suqyanrahmat7829]

MALAYSIA SULTAN SHOULD WATCH THIS

[@rajanurulrajamushar2365]

Why?

[@wewenang5167]

wtf are you talking about?

[@suqyanrahmat7829]

wtf are you asking about?

[@silwan6784]

Very nice program. Learned a lot. The Quran is a miracle and the caligraphy of the Quranic Arabic is the center piece of Islamic art.

[@assilkt5049]

Interesting program but all maps are wrongs, I don't understand why a channel accept that

[@bncrain]

47:35 Ottoman Spain?? Wha?

[@ypusefbenali4694]

@Poop Poop 800 years under the rule of Muslims is not immediately.

[@ah3139]

@@ypusefbenali4694 700

[@GhGh-sj4wb]

@@ah3139 800 year or 792 year

[@ah3139]

@@GhGh-sj4wb I know that it was over 700 years that they ruled in Spain, the Moorish peoples

[@ah3139]

@@GhGh-sj4wb I do not know exact date but it Is definitely over 700 years.

[@kerder8660]

further in video they just proof my point..hehehe where i also forgot mention asia especially china from where rest copied most of things (that's includes mongols, Persians arabs & ottomans-turks)..hehehe just saying

[@rid9160]

9:47 lol they want to distort history 🙄 this is not helpful at all 13:10 I was hoping she would say what material the golden design is made from was it hand made or printed? The man sounds like John snow from Channel 4 news and he is trying but the people from the museum/gallery are not providing any useful information.

[@jagga309]

"Arrived" "travelled".

[@rafiahrafiah8776]

duduk nunggu penulis2 patriot malasya mengaku2 bilang itu piring dari melaka 😂🤣😆

[@wewenang5167]

goblok!

[@sarahartcraftz8604]

Preetyyy

[@militaryworld2304]

We dnt Say God , We say Allah . There's no God but Allah ,it's not my words

[@akram4139]

It's the same bruh trust me, I'm Iraqi Muslim and I read The Quran many times.

[@inebriatedengineering6288]

51:45 How archeologists will describe "Live, Laugh, Love" 1000 years from now.

[@cityofmultan1806]

What's the music name in start??

[@SparkBag]

Darude Sandstorm

[@cityofmultan1806]

Thanks😃

[@bigie2264]

Looted artefacts sad but true

[@worfoz]

muhamedans are imperialists and they hate imperialists that are not muslims animal farm logic

[@khalednajada2514]

@@worfoz your mom must drop you on your head right?

[@worfoz]

@@khalednajada2514 No, we non-muslims do not have rules like that. You should not believe muhamed, he did not know us-

[@khalednajada2514]

@@worfoz you are high

[@worfoz]

@@khalednajada2514 yes, child rapists are the lowest of all creatures, and we are the highest- banzai

[@Syedshah-hm3ix]

We Muslim don’t believe it’s a new faith That was the first faith. Give it to Adam peace be upon him.

[@shyxpretion7429]

Gifted? Laughing in arabic

[@None2o]

What happened to us 😭

[@frankyguismo1648]

Greece and Rome came after

[@eggheadusa9900]

After what?

[@militaryworld2304]

Islamic Republic of France 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 France it's Arab ☪

[@kerder8660]

y u guys mixing persia with iran, for outsiders it was persia but for Iranians was iran..

[@Fanaro]

23:40 "In peace with one another" is a huge lie...

[@romanzmlv1458]

Can you translate normally and stop mocking French accent?

[@StudioHannah]

Pretty sure the translators are French people who speak English

[@militaryworld2304]

France it's Arab ☪ 🗼

[@ChicagoAbes]

The artifacts that were stolen should be returned. They do not belong in Europe as they state

[@donq2957]

Persian art.

[@abdulshakoor582]

27:05 or stolen by colonial Europeans.

[@victorvega4686]

Just like churches and cathedrals stolen by mongol turks, thanks to greek christians orthodox your learned how to built a "dome" your mosques are copies of orthodox churches.

[@user-gf2dr7mn6o]

@@victorvega4686 no they’re not the romans got the dome and arches from the persians and used it so do ur reasearch before that u guys were using wood to build buildings

[@enrico7474]

@@victorvega4686 bruh doms and archs come from the middle east including gothic arch

[@Sheen023]

@@user-gf2dr7mn6o where the wooden structures domes or sloping roofs?

[@behiran2252]

Not islamic art! In fact it is Persian art that entered the islamic petiod.

[@monocle8868]

MIHRAB, not mirhab

[@DCMz7]

It’s crazy how all of this is stolen from its native mother land and they show it off with no shame

[@jackielin4268]

原件現存放於羅浮宮

[@megasalue]

The Moors.

[@sinclairfresh1828]

Wrong 4 golden horde in central asia

[@mahzadnabavieh900]

It is false to name something as Islamic art

[@ideas5663]

So sad that this science was lost....

[@assilkt5049]

many historic mistakes

[@danyelnicholas]

your first map seems to suggest that Islam (or the Umayyad Empire?) spread from Spain? neither of course is true, so what have you been thinking? what are you doing? who makes these films? as usual, the commentary is idées reçues only, hardly any information on the objects and those who made them. I am shocked. also the orientalist music is quite annoying.

[@kerder8660]

beautiful collections ...hehehe terrible narrative ..

[@kerder8660]

my God ..hehehe india ...hehehe what india has to do with that ..india exist from 1947..hehehe just saying..

[@houssameddinekourchi2495]

Stolen relics !!!

[@saifullahkhan3253]

Mughal empire best

[@hazmanriess8949]

If the Arabic before Islam..they stay in tent and Dead palm huts in deseart. While in hilland they build stone house

[@bahramsadoughi2042]

There isi no islamic art it is Iranian (persian) art .