Islam came as rahmatan lilalamin, meaning mercy to all in the universe. The Islamic view applies in all contexts and content. This means that any context in the world can’t escape from the Islamic point of view. For example the art context, trade, marriage, life, social, and others can’t be separated from the study of Islam. In the art context, it has a study inside Islamic view, especially named Islamic Art. If we discuss about Islamic art, it can’t be separated from Islamic law itself. Islamic law governs all things, one of which governs also the arts (visual). Visual form of expression can be seen as works of Islamic art that represent the Islamic law itself. The creator of the work of Islamic art can be called a Muslim artist, although this remains controversial. The diversity of the visual manifestation of the work of Islamic art is the result of diversity of interpretation of oral traditions from the prophet (hadith) and verses contained in the Qur’an. These are the cause of the diverse looks of the works of Islamic art thousands of centuries ago to the present day, for example, calligraphy, arabesque ornaments, mosque architecture, abstract painting, stylized painting and others. This paper attempts to explore and examine the question of "why" the form of Islamic art is very diverse? What is the conceptual behind the works of Islamic art that are so diverse in the first period to the present day.
Keywords: Diversity, Law, Visual art, Islam.