- Turkey,
muqarnas are
usually constructed out of stone. In
North Africa, they are
typically constructed from
plaster or wood. In Iran and Iraq,
muqarnas are...
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There are also
muqarnas in
Tunisia that
resemble the
Capella Palatina.
Another potential source is
Syria where the
earliest muqarnas are from the 12th...
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characterized in
particular by a
profusive use of
muqarnas (stalactite-like sculpting) and three-dimensional
muqarnas vaults. The
chronology of
construction in...
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plate is a
muqarnas plan
believed to
correspond to one
quarter of the
muqarnas vault of the
southern chamber of the west iwan. This
muqarnas plate is of...
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North Africa and present-day Spain. The
muqarnas arch,
whose intrados (inner surfaces) are made up of
muqarnas (or stalactite) sculpting, also resembles...
- pendentives,
muqarnas was also emplo**** to
decorate cornices, portals, mihrabs, windows, arches, and
entire domes.
Design of a
muqarnas quarter vault...
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referred to as a "
muqarnas" arch due to its
similarities with a
muqarnas profile and
because of its
speculated derivation from the use of
muqarnas itself.: 232 ...
- significance. The hall is
covered by one of the most
remarkable muqarnas domes in
Islamic art. The
muqarnas composition consists of at
least 5000
prismatic pieces...
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These include kilim ****s,
Persian girih and
Moroccan zellij tilework,
muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali
pierced stone screens, ceramics, leather, stained...
- with 360°
Muqarna Armenian architecture in the 13th
century also made use of
muqarnas decorative elements, and
sometimes had
complete muqarnas vaults with...
