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by Media Desk Published on: 17th January 2020

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: Some previous works of artist Ashfia Ashrif

: Turkish Motif examples, attendees imitating patterns of their choosing and applying gold leaf to their motifs

: Artist Ashfia Ashrif demonstrating how to get rid off excess gold leaf and course attendee choosing her colour scheme

: Attendees working on their motifs

: An attendee painting his motif

: One of the attendees finished motifs

: Attendees work

: Detail of a floral decoration in the Dome of the Rock Mosque.

: Illustration of a tree in a landscape decoration in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.

: Floral Arabesque covering the interior of the dome of Masjid-i Shah Mosque, Isfahan

: Kufic Lettering (from Al-Jiburi, 1974).

: Kufic calligraphy combined with floral and geometrical decoration with intersecting horseshoe arches. Plate on Cordoba Mosque façade.

: Transcript of Naskhi calligraphy by Mahmud Yazre.

: Tiles in the Alhambra Palace showing geometrical Decorations and Naskhi Calligraphy, Granada, Spain.

: View of Al-Azhar mosque courtyard in Cairo.

: Decorative arcade in Aljaferia showing elements that later inspired the Baroque style.

: Northern entrance of the Ulu Cami Hospital (13th century) showing a close up view of “Baroque” features.

: the southern Muqarnas, occupying a frontal position facing the courtyard, has an apex made up of 8 segments, suggesting a primitive strength

: the western Muqarnas has a 5-segment apex, and displays an elegant form such as that seen in Hakuho sculptures

: the eastern Muqarnas, with its 11-segmented apex, is complex and not aesthetically pleasing.

: Vault fragment with black-dotted polygonal grid lines, triangular one-twentieth repeat unit of a decagonal vault, and fan-shaped radial Muqarnas quarter vault

: Fan-shaped radial muqarnas quarter vault, and shell-shaped radial muqarnas quarter vault

: Fan-shaped radial muqarnas quarter vault, rhombodial one-eight repeat unit of an octagonal fan-shaped radial muqarnas quarter vault, fan-shaped radial muqarnas quarter vault, and rectangular repeat unit of stellate Muqarnas fragment

: An Abru (marbling) sample from Dr. Mehmet Kileci.

: Another Abru (marbling) sample from Dr. Mehmet Kileci

: A calligraphy sample. (Source: The Art of Calligraphy in the Islamic Heritage, Istanbul: IRCICA, 1998).

: Another calligraphy sample. (Source: The Art of Calligraphy in the Islamic Heritage, Istanbul: IRCICA, 1998).

: “Ya Ali” panel written with jal’i sulus and nesta’lik reciprocal style by Mehmed Aziz Efendi (Source: Muhittin Serin, Hat Sanati ve Meshur Hattatlar, Istanbul 2003

: A hilye written by Hasan Rizâ Efendi in sulus-nesih calligraphy (Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Hirka-i Saadet, nr. 21/237).

: A large, perfectly written hilye written by Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi. The marginal decoration was done in a Westernised fashion, (private collection).

: A picture of a layered rose by Abdullah Buharî, dated 1733 (Library of the Topkapi Palace Museum).

: A large size mushaf written by Ahmed Karahisarî, displaying the aklâm-i sitte. On each page, four rectangular panels (koltuk) show examples of high-quality illumination as executed in the reign of Sultan Süleyman I, (Library of the Topkapi Palace Museum).

: The Alhambra Vase

: The Jugs of Alhambra

: A sample of Hatip Ebru made by M. R. Kileci. All ebru samples illustrating this article were created by Dr Mehmed Refi Kileci and published here by his permission. Visit: www.kileci.net

: A sample of cicekli ebru made by M. R. Kileci.

: Another sample of cicekli Ebru made by M. R. Kileci.

: A sample of Battal Ebru by made by M. R. Kileci.

Images are taken from the following articles:

Introduction to Turkish Motifs in Ottoman Times by Sairah Yassir-Deane

Introduction to Islamic Art by Rabah Saoud

New Discoveries in the Islamic Complex of Mathematics, Architecture and Art by Salim Al-Hassani

Beauty and Aesthetics in Islam by Wijdan Ali

The Art of Calligraphy in the Ottoman Empire by Ugur Derman

Andalusia’s New Golden Pottery by Tor Eigeland

Ebru: The Art of Paper Marbling by The Editorial Team

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