Assignment Question
Please select an artifact, an object, or a museum piece from the periods covered in our class. Direct your short piece to an educated audience, giving the details of the period, place, function and theme of the chosen piece. You can either visit the Islamic art section at the Metropolitan Museum (MET) in New York or check the online catalogue of the museum below. Please create a 500 word blog-post about it. Picked art piece: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451016 picked an illusturation of Prophet Muhammad healing a young boy.
Can you please explain why Muhammad’s face isn’t painted, give some explanation of the period, place, function, and what the art piece symbolizes?