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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 ...
The vast range of motifs used in ornament draw from geometrical shapes and patterns, plants, and human and animal figures. Across Eurasia and the Mediterranean world there has been a rich and linked tradition of plant-based ornament for over three thousand years; traditional ornament from other parts of the world typically relies more on ...
During this time period, the term kanzashi began to be used as a general term for any hair ornament, including combs and hairpins. During the Azuchi-Momoyama period , hairstyles changed from the taregami ( 垂髪 , "hair hanging down") style, to the wider variety of styles worn up – predecessors of modern nihongami styles, which made more use ...
A geometrical hexafoil. The hexafoil is a design with six-fold dihedral symmetry composed from six vesica piscis lenses arranged radially around a central point, often shown enclosed in a circumference of another six lenses.
Chain mail (also known as chain-mail, mail or maille) [1] is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD in Europe, while it continued to be used in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East as late as the 17th century.
Channel patterns are found in rivers, streams, and other bodies of water that transport water from one place to another.Systems of branching river channels dissect most of the sub-aerial landscape, each in a valley proportioned to its size.
Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal was born on November 6, 1978 [1] in Quezon City [12] to Jun Magdangal and Paulette Perez. Her father worked in the marketing and public relations departments of San Miguel Corporation [13] for 21 years before resigning in 1993 to manage Magdangal's career.