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  2. Ottoman architectural decoration - Wikipedia

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    Stone-carved arabesque and calligraphy at the Green Mosque in Bursa (1412–1424) In the early Ottoman period, an exception to this paucity of traditional stone carving is the Green Mosque in Bursa, which features skilled carving of marble surfaces into vegetal arabesque and calligraphic motifs. [49]

  3. Arabesque - Wikipedia

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    The French sense of arabesque: a Savonnerie carpet in the Louis XIV style, c.1685–1697, wool, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Design of a Louis XVI style arabesque, by Étienne de La Vallée Poussin, c.1780–1793, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and colored wash, Metropolitan Museum of Art The "Arabesque Room" in the Catherine ...

  4. Stucco decoration in Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    The style of stucco decoration around the mihrab, for example, is reminiscent of Iranian stucco work in the style of Tabriz under the contemporary Ilkhanids. [ 15 ] : 154–155 [ 16 ] : 226 The lavish stucco decoration of the madrasa's minaret, on the other hand, appears to involve contemporary Maghrebi styles and craftsmanship alongside local ...

  5. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    Stone relief with arabesques of tendrils, palmettes and half-palmettes in the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus. The Islamic arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, [13] often combined with other elements.

  6. Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of the mosque is marked by highly refined decoration exemplifying the sophisticated architectural style of Qaytbay's reign. [4] [3] This decoration includes arabesque stone carvings, rows of muqarnas carvings above the windows, and compositions of multi-colored (red, black and white) inlaid marble. The circular marble medallion ...

  7. Abbasid architecture - Wikipedia

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    [67] [68] [3] The three types (Styles A, B, and C) of stucco decoration best exemplified, and perhaps developed, in Abbasid Samarra were quickly imitated elsewhere and Style C, which itself remained common in the Islamic world for centuries, was an important precursor to fully developed arabesque decoration.

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