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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." [10] Wade argues that the aim is to transfigure, turning mosques "into lightness and pattern", while "the decorated pages of a Qur’an can become windows onto the infinite."
The building may be functioning as a mosque or previously functioned as a mosque. Pages in category "Mosque buildings with domes in Saudi Arabia" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Chandgaon Mosque (Bengali: চান্দগাঁও মসজিদ, Arabic: مسجد تشاندغاو) is a mosque in Chittagong, Bangladesh, completed in 2007. [1] Designed by Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury , it was shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010.
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." [11] Wade argues that the aim is to transfigure, turning mosques "into lightness and pattern", while "the decorated pages of a Qur’an can become windows onto the infinite."
Model of typical Qashani tile work consists of floral and geometrical patterns.. Qashani or Kashani is a Persian decorative art which had been popular in Iran in the 16th to 18th century, and then moved to Turkey in the time of the Ottomans with the transfer of many Persians artists to Turkey, becoming the basis for decorating the walls of mosques, palaces, shrines and tombs.
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Khanqah-e-Moula (Kashmiri: خانٛقاهِ معلىٰ), also known as Shah-e-Hamadan Masjid and Khanqah, is a mosque located in the Old City of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Situated on the right bank of the river Jhelum between the Fateh Kadal and Zaina Kadal bridges, it was built in 1395 CE, commissioned by Sultan Sikendar in memory ...