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Vegetal Patterns in Islamic Art
Vegetal patterns employed alone or in combination with the other major types of ornament— calligraphy, geometric pattern, and figural representation —adorn a vast number of buildings, manuscripts, objects, and textiles, produced throughout the Islamic world. Unlike calligraphy, whose increasingly popular use as ornament in the early Islamic Arab lands represented a new development, vegetal patterns and the motifs they incorporate were drawn from existing traditions of Byzantine culture in the eastern Mediterranean and Sasanian Iran.
Vegetal Patterns in Islamic Art | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art october–november 1360 a.d. made by hasan ibn sulaiman al-isfahani probably iran or perhaps central asia wood, carved and inlaid 16 1/8 x 51 1/4 in. (41 x 130.2 cm) rogers fund, 1910 (10.218) ... tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; ottoman anatolia (bursa) carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware h. 11 1/2 in. (29 cm), w. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) purchase, friends of islamic art gifts, 1998 (1998.246) ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vege/hd_vege.htm [1600 words]
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Tate Collection | Grande Arabesque by Edgar Degas edgar degas 1834-1917 grande arabesque circa 1885-90, posthumous cast bronze object: 400 x 508 x 343 mm sculpture presented by the art fund 1951 n05917 as with other similar bronzes displayed here, degas has chosen to depict this dancer in a pose which implies movement.
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=3700 [94 words]
Edgar Degas: First Arabesque Penchee (29.100.398) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art first arabesque penchee , cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture modeled probably before ca. 1890 edgar degas (french, 1834–1917) bronze, number 2/a 10 7/8 x 16 5/8 x 8 in. (27.6 x 42.2 x 20.3 cm) h. o. havemeyer collection, bequest of mrs.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.398 [177 words]
Islamic art the rule of the umayyad caliphate (661750) is often considered to be the formative period in islamic art. the four basic components of islamic ornament are calligraphy, vegetal patterns known as the arabesque, geometric patterns, and figural representation. islamic art has focused on the depiction of patterns and arabic calligraphy, rather than on figures, because it is feared by many muslims that the depiction of the human form is a sin against god.
http://www.kunstbus.com/locate/islamic+art [417 words]
National Gallery of Art, The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas edgar degas, fourth position front, on the left leg, c. 1883/1888, brown wax and cork, national gallery of art, washington, collection of mr. and mrs. paul mellon 1999.80.8 edgar degas, arabesque over the right leg, right hand near the ground, left arm outstretched (first arabesque penchee), c.1882/1895, brown wax, national gallery of art, washington, collection of mr. and mrs.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/degas/thedancer_4.shtm [197 words]
Photograph - The Kootub - Gateway on the south side; Part of the Qutb Minar Complex, Delhi, India. - Victoria & Albert M the gateway is made of rubble and is the first of many indo-islamic monuments to use a combination of white marble and red sandstone for the facade. it is distinctive because of the use of symmetry and the finely carved calligraphic and arabesque decoration, as on the southern facade shown here. this is also the first monument in india in which a true arch, using radiating voussoirs (wedge-shaped stones), is fully integrated into the design.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O108891/photograph-the-kootub-gateway-on-the/ [702 words]
Pilgrim flask - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History 1957-14... below the gilt is slightly worn... diamond shapes with circles... venetian tazza ... decoration... the glass is decorated with geometric shapes: large and small rosettes, bands of arabesques arabesque an arabesque is a curved decorative motif based on tendrils of foliage. it consists of curved lines from which highly stylised flowers and plants emerge. the term stems from the italian word 'arabesco', meaning arabic.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/BK-1957-14?page=2&lang=en&context_space= [211 words]