1. ISLAMIC ART
compared to Christian and
Buddhist art

2. Lamentation,
Giotto,
Scrovegni
Chapel
(1305)

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

4. Seated Buddha,
15th century,
Thailand

5. Tiled exterior of the Friday Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan

6. Rug with confronted
animals, 14th century,
Turkey

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

8. 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).