Islamic art

Islamic art is shown through architecture and applied art. Islamic art tends to use a lot of patterns also. When it comes to Islmaic art things have to be looked at as a hole. For instance, an entire Islamic building would be considered the finished piece of art. Most Islamic art is two dimensional but is seen as three dimensional because they use a lot of shiny materials, glass, patterns, and high contrast. Islamic applied arts is based off of geometry, calligraphy, and floral patterns. Its architecture is based off of the use of arches, repetition and patterns.
I think the Islamic art of patterns has had a huge impact on the world. Pattern is seen everywhere now a days. My purse has pink butterfly patterns on it. My light green carpet has off white patterns similar to the one above, and this is a random apartment complex in D.C. Patterns are used everywhere.
picture from: http://home.earthlink.net/~lazarski/home/detail.jpg