Abstract
Although artistic production is one of the eloquent manifestations of Islamic civilization, some historians still reject the idea of a total absence of a theory of aesthetics in classical Islam. This paper is a systematic attempt to study the issue of Muslim art through the literary, mystical, philosophical and scientific texts of medieval times. The reflection then touches on the relation of art with the dogmatic structure proper to Islam while scrutinizing its ontological and historical aspect. Through several themes, this work also tries to understand the solutes of inspiration of this art, and to explain its peculiarities, especially as regards the pictorial aesthetics.