Islamic Pattern

ISLAMIC DECORATIONS

ROOTS OF ISLAMIC DECORATIONS • Representation of human and animal forms was discouraged – Only God is worthy of creating living things – One who represents a living thing is competitor of God

• Muslim artist avoided figurative arts • Muslim artists concentrated on – Botanic decorations (plants have no soul) – Geometric decorations – Calligraphy

ISLAMIC DECORATIONS

FOLIATION

GEOMETRIC PATTERNS

CALLIGRAPHY

DEVELOPMENT OF DECORATIONS

THE DOME OF THE ROCK

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THE DOME OF THE ROCK

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Jerusalem 691 A.D First major artistic endeavor of Islamic world Earliest surviving Islamic monument A monument over a sacred rock

NATURAL DECORATIONS

Details of the mosaic decorations, Dome of the rock

NON REALISTIC USE OF REALISTIC SHAPES

Details of the mosaic decorations, Dome of the rock

THE UMAYYAD MOSQUE

• Damascus, Syria • 706 A.D • one of the earliest surviving mosques

Details of the mosaic decorations, Umayyad mosque

foliation Some examples of Arabesque decorative style

geometric patterns

triangle based patterns

square based patterns 1 rotatio n

3 rotatio ns

2 rotatio ns

4 rotatio ns

calligraphy

principles for generating patterns • repetition • symmetry • change of scale

combination of decorations

decorations, Darb-i-Emam mosque Isfihan, Iran

wall detail, great mosque of Heart, Afghanistan

decorations in 3 dimension

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