The Effect of Islamic Pottery on South Italian Pottery (Sicily) Since the Third Century ah With the Arrival of Islam to Italy

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The present study aimed at investigating the effects of Islamic pottery on pottery of Southern Europe, especially on Sicily, Italy. The research questions were as follows: what was the effect of Islamic pottery on the Sicilian examples when Islam arrived to Italy in the third century AH until at least a few centuries later. And was this process of effectiveness bilateral or unilateral? This study investigated the historical process of entering Islam to Sicily by collecting data in library and historical methods and providing the Figtorial examples. Then, the present study analyzed the mutual effects of Islam on the life of Muslisms. The objective of this study was to reason the effectiveness of Sicily pottery from Islamic pottery by providing a few examples of art in these regions in the mentioned centuries by studying the features of Islamic pottery art in the early Islamic centuries, especially since the third century AH and studying the characteristics of pottery art in Sicily since the ninth century BC (Coinciding with the arrival of Islam) based on common features. The results of this study were in line with recognizing the method and amount of effectiveness of Islam and Islamic art and culture on the culture of conquered lands and their lifestyles including artistic products and handicrafts.

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