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Arabic Design Stained Glass
Muslim artists have taken Arabic design stained glass abstract art to an incomparable elegance. Distinct from European figures and landscapes, the Arabic design stained glass focuses on geometrical patterns and linear designs. The early Muslims produced crude and imperfect art which later resulted in a style of art and architecture peculiar to them. Retaining traces of its origin, there was no direct imitation of its previous style. It encompasses grandeur, simplicity, refinement, and elegance. Consider the mosques of Cairo, particularly the Mosque of Tooloon.
Islamic art and design relies heavily on geometric shapes such as squares, octagons, heptagons, pentagons, hexagons, dodecagons, and various combinations of stars and rosettes. These fundamental shapes result in the elaborate ornamentation associated with Arabic art and architecture.
In comparing the Moresque ornament to the Arabian ornament, the Moorish ornament exhibits greater skill and less monotony than the Arabian ornament. The Moorish contains no gaps or holes, and the relation of the areas of the ornament to the ground is always perfect. While the Moresque styles of decorative art display more elegance and refinement, the Arabian styles offer more grandeur. Both Arabs and Moors are known for the exquisite composition of curves.
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