Editing Islamic art (section)

=== Modern period ===
[[File:Fes Medersa Bou Inania Mosaique2.jpg|thumb|[[Bou Inania Madrasa]], [[Fes]], [[Morocco]], [[zellij]] mosaic tiles forming elaborate [[Islamic geometric patterns|geometric]] [[tessellations]]]]
From the 15th century, the number of smaller Islamic courts began to fall, as the Ottoman Empire, and later the Safavids and European powers, swallowed them up; this had an effect on Islamic art, which was usually strongly led by the patronage of the court. From at least the 18th century onwards, elite Islamic art was increasingly influenced by European styles, and in the applied arts either largely adopted Western styles, or ceased to develop, retaining whatever style was prevalent at some point in the late 18th or early 19th centuries. Many industries with very long histories, such as [[Persian pottery|pottery in Iran]], largely closed, while others, like metalwork in [[brass]], became generally frozen in style, with much of their production going to tourists or exported as oriental exotica.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The carpet industry has remained large, but mostly uses designs that originated before 1700, and competes with machine-made imitations both locally and around the world. Arts and crafts with a broader social base, like the [[Zellij|zelligj]] mosaic tiles of the [[Maghreb]], have often survived better. Islamic countries have developed modern and [[contemporary art]], with very vigorous art scenes, but the degree to which these should be grouped in a special category as "Islamic art" is questionable, although many artists deal with Islam-related themes, and use traditional elements such as calligraphy. Further, much modern [[Islamic architecture|architecture]] and interior decoration in the Islamic world makes use of motifs and elements drawn from the heritage of Islamic art.