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Description: Mshatta facade with carved stone triangles

TitleMshatta facade with carved stone triangles

Creator nameUnknown

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date743-744 AD

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsLimestone

LocationMuseum of Islamic Art, Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1525479/mschatta-fassade

Accession numberI.6163

SubjectsDecoration and ornament, ArchitecturalIslamic decoration and ornamentMshatta (Jordan)Architecture--DetailsArt, Umayyad

StatusAmman, Jordan

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7. Early Islamic Decoration: The Idea of an Arabesque

Oleg Grabar

The Formation of Islamic Art

Throughout the preceding chapters we have encountered a rather unusual problem, which can be defined by a few examples. With the Dome of the Rock and the mosque of Damascus, it was pointed out that a symbolic or iconographic meaning could be given to some of the motifs found on the mosaics covering most of their walls. But these meanings were soon lost, they did not “take” within the active living tradition of Islamic art. Furthermore, without denying an original symbolic significance, the …

Author

Oleg Grabar

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.178-194

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00135.010

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15233&redirecttoanchor=15906

Chapter subject tags:Islamic decoration and ornamentIslamic art--HistoryIslamic architectureMshatta (Jordan)Islamic decorative arts

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