Islamic Art was characterized by using human and animal figures as decorative elements since the first century A.H/ 7th A D. and continued to be used for centuries. Figural motives and themes varied between hunting scenes, scenes of musicians and dancers, court scenes, astrological scenes, Coptic scenes and others. Women had their share in such decorative themes and were represented on various materials. The Muslim artist managed to represent women in various scenes such as, musicians and dancers and scenes related to festival themes in addition to other scenes related to the private scenes of daily activities of women, especially of the upper class. The representation of women increased considerably in the miniatures of the eastern Islamic countries.

The present research, therefore, aims at presenting various examples of Islamic art objects that are decorated with scenes depicting women in order to reveal the characteristics of such scenes and the aesthetics they reflect. Most of the examples are attributed to the Eastern part of the Islamic World (Egypt- Syria and Iran) and date to the period between the 1st to 10th Century A.H./ 7th to 16th A.D.