The Development of Visual and performing Arts in the Abbasid Era

Abstract

The arts affect human beings, as they establish the civilizations of societies and indicate their formation and stages of development, as they are the product of man influenced by his environment and its various influences and its mixing with different civilisations. This research aims to identify the era in which these arts emerged, and to reveal the cultural, economic and social factors that led to the emergence of these arts, such as the art of miniatures and its pioneers and its association with Arabic literature, the art of music and its sciences and its pioneers and the most prominent accompanying arts, and the art of theatre as a universal art and the first art and its most prominent manifestations in the Abbasid era and the reasons that prevented its transformation into a drama. The research used the historical method, which is concerned with tracing the development of the arts in the Abbasid era with its political, cultural and social contexts that had a role in the formation of those arts, with the use of analysis in tracing the emergence and development. The research came out with several results, most notably the excellence of the arts in this golden age, and its excellence in arts that started in this era that did not exist in previous eras (music, miniatures, theatre manifestations). The research came out with some recommendations, including interest in the arts in all Islamic ages and knowledge of the factors that affected their development and the importance of knowing the contexts accompanying it.