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  2. Ottoman architectural decoration - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman architectural decoration. The Tomb of Cem in the Muradiye Complex in Bursa, built in the late 15th century. The tomb contains relatively well-preserved examples of painted decoration from this era (upper walls), as well as single-colour hexagonal tiles (possibly dated to 1429) that are typical of early tilework.

  3. 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 by Muslim populations. [1] Referring to characteristic traditions across a wide range of lands, periods, and genres, Islamic art is a concept used first by Western art historians in ...

  4. Meissen porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus . After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought this type of porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and ...

  5. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    Geometric patterns occur in a variety of forms in Islamic art and architecture. These include kilim carpets, Persian girih and Moroccan zellij tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali pierced stone screens, ceramics, leather, stained glass, woodwork, and metalwork. Interest in Islamic geometric patterns is increasing in the West, both among ...

  6. Blue Mosque, Istanbul - Wikipedia

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    The lower walls of the mosque, especially around the galleries, are covered in Iznik tiles, a style of tilework named after their main production center, İznik (ancient Nicaea). Ahmed I had a great appreciation for these tiles and the production of tiles for his mosque occupied the entire Iznik industry during its construction.

  7. Medallion (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Medallion (architecture) A medallion is a round or oval ornament [1] that frames a sculptural or pictorial decoration in any context, but typically a façade, an interior, a monument, or a piece of furniture or equipment. Ancient Roman round versions are called an imago clipeata, from the clipeus or Roman round shield.

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