Current reflections of abstraction tradition in visual arts in the Middle Eastern Islamic countries

This thesis primarily aims to reveal the influence of abstraction tradition on contemporary art in Middle Eastern İslamic countries. Based on this aim, the study outlined the features of Middle East geography, culture and philosophy in the second part. The third part focuses on the abstraction as a concept and the characteristics of abstraction in Western and İslamic art. The study examines the tradition of art in Middle Eastern İslamic countries in the fourth part. The traditional arts of architecture, arabesque (decoration and ornamentation), illumination, miniature and calligraphy have been analyzed in terms of abstraction tradition. In the fifth part, the modern art in Middle Eastern İslamic countries has been studied with reference to modernity, modernism and recent tools in modern art. This part also sheds light on the birth and development of modern art in such countries. The sixth part illustrates the works of artists from Middle Eastern İslamic countries together with a general comparative examination of the visual arts created in these countries. The final part of the study includes a general assessment of the conducted studies and related results.