ENCOMPASSES THE VISUAL ARTS PRODUCED FROM THE 7TH CENTURY ONWARDS BY PEOPLE WHO LIVED WITHIN THE TERRITORY THAT WAS RULED BY CULTURALLY ISLAMIC POPULATIONS. ISLAMIC ART DEVELOPED FROM MANY SOURCES: ROMAN, EARLY CHRISTIAN ART, AND BYZANTINE. THERE ARE REPEATING ELEMENTS IN ISLAMIC ART, SUCH AS THE USE OF GEOMETRICAL FLORAL OR VEGETAL DESIGNS IN A REPETITION KNOWN AS THE ARABESQUE. ISLAMIC ART IS NOT AT ALL RESTRICTED TO RELIGIOUS ART, BUT INCLUDES ALL THE ART OF THE RICH AND VARIED CULTURES OF ISLAMI