Mshatta Facade
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The Mshatta Facade is the decorated part of the facade of the 8th-century Umayyad residential palace of Qasr Mshatta, one of the Desert Castles of Jordan, which is now installed in the south wing of t
Mshatta Facade
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Detail from right of the portal
Detail with griffin and simurgh
Arabesque
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The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with
Mshatta Facade
…of the Museum für Islamische Kunst in the Pergamon Museum, and a key monument of early Islamic art and architecture, demonstrating early forms of the arabesque, millefleur and also animals carved in relief. There has been much discussion of the fact that the decoration on the left side of the facade contains…
Stone relief with arabesques of tendrils, palmettes and half-palmettes in the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Part of a 15th-century ceramic panel from Samarkand (Uzbekistan) with white calligraphy on a blue arabesque background
Mosaics on the Treasury Dome of the Great Mosque of Damascus, 789, still in essentially Byzantine style