▁as ▁this ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁Rep ob la ción ▁art ▁and ▁architecture . ▁During ▁the ▁late ▁centuries ▁of ▁the ▁Re con qu ista ▁Christian ▁craft s men ▁started ▁using ▁Islam ic ▁art istic ▁elements ▁in ▁their ▁buildings , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁the ▁M ud é jar ▁style ▁was ▁developed . ▁ ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁art ▁was ▁widely ▁imported ▁and ▁adm ired ▁by ▁European ▁el ites ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁There ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁form ative ▁stage ▁from ▁ 6 0 0 - 9 0 0 ▁and ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁regional ▁styles ▁from ▁ 9 0 0 ▁on wards . ▁Early ▁Islam ic ▁art ▁used ▁m osa ic ▁artists ▁and ▁sculpt ors ▁trained ▁in ▁the ▁By z antine ▁and ▁Co ptic ▁trad itions . ▁Instead ▁of ▁wall - p aint ings , ▁Islam ic ▁art ▁used ▁painted ▁t iles , ▁from ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 8 6 2 - 3 ▁( at ▁the ▁Great ▁Mos que ▁of ▁K air ou an ▁in ▁modern ▁Tun is ia ), ▁which ▁also ▁spread ▁to ▁Europe . ▁According ▁to ▁John ▁Rus kin , ▁the ▁Dog e ' s ▁Palace ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁contains ▁" three ▁elements ▁in ▁exactly ▁equal ▁proport ions ▁— ▁the ▁Roman , ▁the ▁Lomb ard , ▁and ▁Arab . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁central ▁building ▁of ▁the ▁world .   ... ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Goth ic ▁architecture ▁is ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁ref in ement ▁and ▁spiritual ization ▁of ▁Northern ▁work ▁under ▁its ▁influence ". ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁r ul ers