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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 ...
Islamic geometric patterns are derived from simpler designs used in earlier cultures: Greek, Roman, and Sasanian. They are one of three forms of Islamic decoration, the others being the arabesque based on curving and branching plant forms, and Islamic calligraphy; all three are frequently used together.
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. It usually consists of a single design which can be 'tiled' or seamlessly repeated as many times as desired. [14]
It is characterized by the recurrent motifs present in Islamic art, such as the use of geometrical floral or vegetal forms in a repetitive design known as an arabesque. The arabesque is often used to symbolize the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of God, [ 3 ] and as with other patterns and forms of Islamic art, the shamsa also has ...
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Vegetal arabesque motifs were also used, though less frequently. [5] Geometric patterns were created on the basis of tessellation: the method of covering a surface with the use of forms that can be repeated and fitted together without overlapping or leaving empty spaces between them. These patterns can be extended infinitely.
Lotto carpet, Uşak region, 16th century. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. A Lotto carpet is a hand-knotted, patterned Turkish carpet that was produced primarily during the 16th and 17th centuries along the Aegean coast of Anatolia, Turkey, although it was also copied in various parts of Europe.
Styles. Ancient South Arabian art; Nabataean art; Islamic art. Fatimid art; Mamluk art; Types. Arabic calligraphy; Arabic graffiti; Arab carpet; Arabic miniature