That is incorrect. Painting&#x2F;drawing on 2D surfaces had not yet developed perspective. All art, European, Chinese, Native American, Muslim had this flat perspective. It had nothing to do with religion. These were scientists drawing. If they knew how to draw with perspective they would have. The renaissance is partly called that because of the leap in 2D visualization capabilities by artists. Even when you look at Greek art in the time when they had detailed realistic sculpture the art on 2D surfaces was all without perspective.<p>Edit: regarding the religious aspect, modern Muslims still consider pictorial representations of Muhammed as blasphemous and wouldn&#x27;t produce even a 2D caricature. However the whole &quot;art bad!&quot; thing you see on the news is one of Daesh&#x27;s (ISIS) twisted mutations of the religion. Not a Muslim, but that&#x27;s how I understand it.