Islamic book painting witnessed its first golden age in the thirteenth century, mostly from Syria and Iraq. Influence from Byzantine visual vocabulary (blue and gold coloring, angelic and victorious motifs, symbology of drapery) combined with Mongoloid facial types in 12th-century book frontispieces.
Islamic book painting witnessed its first golden age in the thirteenth century mostly from Syria and Iraq Influence from Byzantine visual vocabulary (blue and gold coloring angelic and victorious motifs symbology of drapery) combined with Mongoloid facial types in 12th-century book frontispieces