Arabesque
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ARABESQUE, a word meaning simply "Arabian," but technically used for a certain form of decorative design in flowing lines intertwined; hence comes the more metaphorical use of this word, ...
Arabesque
1. Intricate overall pattern of geometric forms or stylized plants used in Muhammadan countries.
Arabesque
a highly stylised fret-ornament in low relief, common in Moorish architecture, found in 16th and 17th-century work in England.
Architraves ...
Arabesque
An ornamentation consisting of an interlacing design of foliage, usually designed for a vertical panel, with the sides resembling each other.
Arcading ...
Arabesque: a flowing interlaced ornament based on geometrical patterns of Arab origin.
arcade: a row of arches supported by columns.
arabesque : Ornament consisting of garlands of foliage with figures, fancifully interlaced to form graceful curves and painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief.
Arabesque - Used by the Arabs and Saracens (or Moors) in Spain, this ornament is a painted, inlaid or mosaic low relief of geometric or botanical patterns.
Arabesque
literally meaning "in the Arabian fashion," an intricate pattern of interlaced or knotted lines consisting of stylized floral, foliage, and other motifs.
Arcade ...
Arabesque
This is a form of ornamentation that is based on a complicated, intertwined, flowing design of stylised floral and plant motifs, often arranged in a geometric, two-dimensional way.
arabesque - geometric intricate surface decoration; no human figures; has interlaced patterns.
architrave - the lowest part of an entablature, or the molded frame around a door or window opening. (p. 59).
Arabesque
- a term used to describe ornamental panels of Arabian design which can be carved or painted, and which contain various symbolic elements, usually human or animal, combined with foliage.
The term rococo comes from the French rocaille,"rock-work," and hallmarks of the full-fledged style are architectural decoration based on arabesques, shells, elaborate curves, and asymmetry; iridescent pastel colors; and, in painting, ...
The motifs used include both Sassanian (winged crowns) and Byzantine (jewelled vases) themes held together within an arabesque foliage.
Compare Arabesque. Also used for a figure or head with distorted or unnatural features in medieval art and architecture.GrottoArtificial cavern.
The arabesque and Ottoman flavour gives it its unique atmosphere, which also distinguishes it from the later "collonial" baroque styles, largely used in the Middle East, especially Lebanon.
by the Moors and Saracens in Spain, Egypt, and Turkey are distinguished, among other things, by a peculiar form of the arch, which forms a curve constituting more than half of a circle or ellipse. A peculiar flowery decoration, called arabesque, ...
The Islamic faith forbade the representation of people and animals; yet craftsmen created highly ornamented buildings by using geometric designs, floral arabesques, and Arabic calligraphy.
 See also: Architecture, Ornament, Roman, House, Church
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