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  2. Islamic art - Wikipedia

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    Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled ...

  3. Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of penmanship and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it.

  4. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    The panel included the experts on Islamic geometric pattern Carol Bier, [g] Jay Bonner, [h] [66] Eric Broug, [i] Hacali Necefoğlu [j] and Reza Sarhangi. [k] [70] In Britain, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts runs a range of courses in Islamic art including geometry, calligraphy, and arabesque (vegetal forms), tile-making, and plaster ...

  5. Muqarnas - Wikipedia

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    It is an archetypal form of Islamic architecture, integral to the vernacular of Islamic buildings, [2] [3] and typically featured in domes and vaults, as well as iwans, entrance portals, or other niches. [3] It is sometimes referred to as "honeycomb vaulting" [4] or "stalactite vaulting". [1] The muqarnas structure originated from the squinch ...

  6. William Morris wallpaper designs - Wikipedia

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    The technique used by Morris for making wallpaper was described in some detail in Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society published in 1893. The chapter on wallpaper was written by Walter Crane. He describes how the wallpapers of Morris were made using pieces of paper thirty-feet long and twenty-one inches wide.

  7. Muhammad Ali Mirza - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Ali Mirza (Urdu: محمد علی مرزا; born 4 October 1977) also known as Engineer Ali Mirza, is a Pakistani Islamic cleric. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] A mechanical engineer by profession, he is known for his lectures on religious topics, which have attracted numerous controversies , including a blasphemy attempt in 2023.

  8. Islamic influences on Western art - Wikipedia

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    Islamic decorative arts were highly valued imports to Europe throughout the Middle Ages. In the early period, textiles were especially important, due to the labor-intensive nature of their production. These textiles originating in the Islamic world were frequently used for church vestments, shrouds, hangings and clothing for the elite.

  9. Yasir al-Dawsari - Wikipedia

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    Yasir ibn Rashid al-Dawsari (Arabic: ياسر بن راشد الدوسري, romanized: Yāsir ibn Rāshid al-Dawsarī; born 6 August 1980) is a Saudi Islamic scholar who has served as one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram since 2019.