Islamic philosophical in Malay art and creativities / Nurul Huda Mohd Din ... [et al.]

The Islamic philosophical in Malay art and creativities had been divided into two main section. Firstly the advent of Islam and its impact to Malay culture, and secondly, an enrichment of decorative arts from the Malay society. The Malay archipelago already developed a distinct culture of their own. The dominant feature of the culture was the animistic element. Later, the advent of Islam in 13th century, the Malay world view underwent a major shift from being primarily mythological animistic to being more rational and philosophical especially in aspect of nature. A brief cultural survey of the peninsula in the middle of the 19th century would have shown that the full of traditional Malay decorative arts, inherited from Malay kingdom, later the development of Islamic education greatly accelerated through the role of its rulers who were very fond of learning. Therefore, from the spirit of Islam, efforts from royal patronage, trading system, inspiring from nature and material arts which stressed on the love for nature and the guidance for man to seek beauty in the natural world which God has created, further reinforced the beliefs of the craftsman and spread the purpose and meaning of the arts.