ISLAMIC ARTcompared to Christian and

Buddhist art

Lamentation, Giotto, ScrovegniChapel (1305)

North Rose window (detail), Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame

Seated Buddha,15th century,Thailand

Tiled exterior of the Friday Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan

Rug with confronted animals, 14th century,Turkey

Kufic script in an 11th-century Qur'an.

Persian miniature painting from the 16th century CE, depicting Muhammad, his face veiled, ascending on the Buraq into the Heavens, a journey known as the Mi’raj (the Night Journey).