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Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque , using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy , consisting of religious texts with stylized appearance, used both ...
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork for decoration of buildings in Islamic architecture. They have been used since about the year 1200 and their arrangements found significant improvement starting with the Darb-i Imam shrine in Isfahan in Iran built in 1453.
[7] [8] In Islamic culture, the patterns are believed to be the bridge to the spiritual realm, the instrument to purify the mind and the soul. [9] David Wade [b] states that "Much of the art of Islam, whether in architecture, ceramics, textiles or books, is the art of decoration – which is to say, of transformation."
It appears that medieval Islamic artisans were using a tool that had the potential of creating highly complex patterns, but they never realized it. As E. Makovicky argues, [ 24 ] The artisans were satisfied by creating a large fundamental domain without being concerned with the mathematical notion of indefinitely expandable quasiperiodic patterns.
The Vikings are also in great shape to reach the NFL playoffs this season. They’re second in the NFC North with a 9-2 record before Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals.
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS.It was created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll.It is the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics editing, and its name has become genericised as a verb (e.g. "to photoshop an image", "photoshopping", and "photoshop contest") [7] although Adobe disapproves of ...
The fates of Ohio State and Miami were the two major unknowns entering the College Football Playoff rankings that revealed the future of the field.
Chinese device and now EV maker Xiaomi revealed its latest offering in the ultracompetitive Chinese auto market, doubling down on the success it's already achieved with its SU7 EV sedan.