Narrative art in this period wasn’t just decorative but functional, providing visual education to its viewers. However, outside of Europe, narrative art took different forms. In Islamic art, for example, figural representations were often avoided in religious contexts, so storytelling was expressed through calligraphy, geometric patterns, and ... More @Wikipedia
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