- A
multifoil arch (or
polyfoil arch), also
known as a
cusped arch,
polylobed arch, or
scalloped arch, is an arch
characterized by
multiple circular arcs...
-
intersecting multifoil arches,
although the
arches on the
southwest side (looking
towards the city and the sea) were
created by
Torres Balbás.
These multifoil arches...
- (trefoil), four (quatrefoil), five (cinquefoil), or a
larger number (
multifoil). The word
comes from
Latin folium which meaning “leaf.” Foil
motifs may...
-
Almohad architecture promoted new
forms and
decorative designs such as the
multifoil arch and the
sebka motif,
probably influenced by the Caliphate-period...
-
geometric patterns Islamic ornament Iwan
Liwan Mashrabiya Riad
Mosaic Multifoil arch
Muqarnas Nagash painting Qadad Reflecting pool
Riwaq Sahn Socarrat...
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architecture from
Kushana period.
Variety of
Arches in Pre
Islamic periods Multifoil arch,
Kafirkot temple, Punjab, ****stan, 7th–9th
century CE Parabolic...
-
geometric motifs. New
architectural elements like minarets, muqarnas, and
multifoil arches were invented.
Common or
important types of
buildings in Islamic...
- to the
present day,
including a richly-decorated mihrab,
intersecting multifoil arches, and four
ornate ribbed domes. The palace-city of
Madinat al-Zahra...
- It was also
common in the work of the
Chinese and ****anese.
Rounded multifoils are
found in
different parts of
Gothic buildings such as
circular windows...
- Indo-Islamic
architecture that
continued in
Mughal architecture are the
cusped (
multifoil) arches,
which appeared earlier in the
architecture of
Delhi and Gujarat...
