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Zellij (Arabic: زليج, romanized: zillīj), also
spelled zillij or zellige, is a
style of
mosaic tilework made from
individually hand-chiseled tile pieces...
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elaborate geometric and
arabesque motifs in wood, stucco, and
tilework (notably
zellij). Over time, it made
increasing use of
surface decoration while also retaining...
- and architecture.
These include kilim ****s,
Persian girih and
Moroccan zellij tilework,
muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali
pierced stone screens, ceramics...
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elaborate geometric and
arabesque motifs in wood,
carved stucco, and
zellij tilework.
Although Moroccan Amazigh architecture is not
strictly separate...
- the 8th century,
except for
geometrical patterns in
techniques such as
zellij,
which remain po****r in many areas.
Modern mosaics are made by artists...
- in manufacture, for
example the small,
almost mosaic,
brightly colored zellij tiles of
Morocco and the
surrounding countries. The
earliest evidence of...
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accommodate Notre-Dame de
Paris or St. Peter's Basilica. The woodcarvings, the
zellij work and the
stucco mouldings are of
elaborate and
highly impressive design;...
- the hall was a
fountain flanked by two
water basins covered in
delicate zellij decoration and fed with
water spurting from
silver sculptures of animals...
- turn is
surrounded by
geometric decoration and more
epigraphic decoration.
Zellij (mosaic tilework)
decorated the
lower portions of the wall.
Three windows...
- VII.
Carved stucco (or yesería in Spanish) and
mosaic tilework (zilīj or
zellij in Arabic;
alicatado in Spanish) were used for wall decoration,
while ceilings...
