The decorative periods . D ; CONQUERED BY THESARACENS (ARABS), BECAME MOHAMMEDAN 64I A. D. Arabian—571 A. D —mohammed born 571 a. d., died 632 a. d.; SARACEN dominion 57I-I258; TURKISH DOMINION I258. Moorish—711 A. D-t6io A. D.—conquest of spain 711; MOORS EXPELLED FROM SPAIN 161O; ALHAMBRAIC PERIODI2OO-I3OO. Turkish—1298 A. D.—Asiatic empire established 1298 a. d.; EUROPEAN empire ESTABLISHED I453 A. D. Persian, Indian, Arabian, Moorish and Turkish designs havecharacteristics in common. It is not difficult to differen-tiate between these five forms of Oriental design if we bear inmind that— P
The decorative periods . D ; CONQUERED BY THESARACENS (ARABS), BECAME MOHAMMEDAN 64I A. D. Arabian—571 A. D —mohammed born 571 a. d., died 632 a. d.; SARACEN dominion 57I-I258; TURKISH DOMINION I258. Moorish—711 A. D-t6io A. D.—conquest of spain 711; MOORS EXPELLED FROM SPAIN 161O; ALHAMBRAIC PERIODI2OO-I3OO. Turkish—1298 A. D.—Asiatic empire established 1298 a. d.; EUROPEAN empire ESTABLISHED I453 A. D. Persian, Indian, Arabian, Moorish and Turkish designs havecharacteristics in common. It is not difficult to differen-tiate between these five forms of Oriental design if we bear inmind that— Persian art was mythological and assimilated much of theAssyrian and Egyptian. In 641 A. D. Persia was conquered bythe Saracens, and from that period its art was dominated by thedictates of the Mohammedan creed interdicting the use ofanimal figures. Prior to Mohammedan influence animal life was commonlydepicted in designs. Turkish design is hybrid, and bears the imprint of the arts 50 The Decorative Periods. of Phoenicia and the Holy Land, Assyria,Babylonia and Chaldea. Religion Mo-hammedan. Indian design from 500 B. C. to 1748had been Buddhist, and the laws of theKoran never affected Indian art. Arabian is purely Mohammedan and the Moorish descends from the Arabian. At the very outstart our study of Oriental art must be illuminated by an appreciation of the religious influences of the Koran, the Mohammedan bible, which forbade the depiction of life forms. United by a common faith, early INDIAN design was natur-ally pure. Nor was it hedged and confined by any was characterized by an overflowing abundance, showinga fantastic temperament, profuse in richness with ever-recurringmotifs, to be found principally among the native plants andflowers. The first period of Indian art was influenced by theBrahman religion, and was replete with mythological motifs. TheMohammedan period showed naturally Mohammedan tendenciesin art, but there is no form of Orienta
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