Islamic architecture
Zenana
Zenana (Persian: زنانه, Urdu: زنانہ, Hindi: ज़नाना), literally meaning "of the women" or "pertaining to women," contextually refers to the…
Qa’a room
The Qa'a is a roofed reception room found in the domestic architecture of affluent residences of the Islamic world. It…
Harem
Harem (Arabic: حريم ḥarīm, "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family"), also known as zenana in South…
Zellige
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…
Yeseria
Yeseria is a technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors like also by the post-Reconsquista's Mudéjar architecture. Plaster…
Mosque lamp
Mosque lamps of glass, enamelled and often with gilding, survive in considerable numbers from the Islamic art of the Middle…
Mocárabe
Mocárabe, Honeycomb work, or Stalactite work (Arabic al-halimat al-'uliya, "the overhang") is an ornamental design used in certain types of…
Islamic interlace patterns
Interlacing patterns are patterns of lines and shapes that have traditionally dominated Islamic art. They can be broadly divided into…
Arabic calligraphy
Arabic calligraphy is the art and design of writing in various languages that use Arabic letters. Arabic writing is characterized…
Islamic calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, based upon the alphabet in the lands sharing a common…
Girih tiles
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork…
Girih
Girih (Persian: گره, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…