Qusayr 'Amra

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Painting · c. 730 · Jordanian desert · Middle East

Umayyad bathhouse frescoes of hunts, musicians and a zodiac dome — the caliphs' secular art

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Style: Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) — Inscriptions, ornament and arches instead of images: a space of prayer with no depiction of God
Century: 8th century

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