Editing Islamic art (section)

== Architecture ==
{{Main|Islamic architecture}}
[[File:Jerusalem DomeoftheRock J65.JPG|thumb|[[Dome of the Rock]] in Jerusalem, built in the late 7th century (with later renovations), one of the most important monuments of [[Islamic architecture]]]]
Unlike some mediums in Islamic art, Islamic architecture was consistently prominent across the Islamic world. In general, patrons invested more resources into building monuments than they did in the production of art objects and our knowledge of Islamic architecture is more complete thanks to the many buildings that have survived across regions and periods.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780195309911 |editor-last=Bloom |editor-first=Jonathan M. |volume=1 |location= |pages=68–71 |language=en |chapter=Architecture |editor-last2=Blair |editor-first2=Sheila S.}}</ref> Early Islamic architecture drew on existing regional traditions of architecture in [[late antiquity]] and later developed into various regional traditions. Innovations from one region often spread to others.<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":0522">{{Cite book |last=Tabbaa |first=Yasser |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three |publisher=Brill |year=2007 |isbn=9789004161658 |editor-last=Fleet |editor-first=Kate |location= |pages= |language=en |chapter= |editor-last2=Krämer |editor-first2=Gudrun |editor-last3=Matringe |editor-first3=Denis |editor-last4=Nawas |editor-first4=John |editor-last5=Rowson |editor-first5=Everett}}</ref>

Applied decoration played a particularly important role in Islamic architecture, and this decoration made use of the same motifs predominant in other forms of Islamic art: arabesques, epigraphy, geometric patterns, and other vegetal forms. Methods of decoration included carving, inlay, and painting in materials such as brick, stone, tile, plaster, and wood.<ref name=":24" />