Casts of Islamic ornament

2007

Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam, 2018

The Art Book, 2008

2021

Islamic architecture is predominantly rich in ornamentation, and therefore, perfectly epitomizes the phenomenon of "cosmophilia"meaning "love of ornament." Taking this association as a point of departure, this article focuses on broadly identifying notions of cosmophilia in Islamic monuments that offer the finest and most varied examples of architectural ornamentation. In Islamic structures, where singular and unique ornamental devices can be located, the artistic programs of several monuments are concurrently found to be characterized by the "repeat ornament"decorative elements replicated many times to envelope the façades in entirety. In this article, a variety of structures, erected under different dynastic polities from the medieval and early modern Islamic world, have been examined to understand the connotations and meanings attached to the Islamic ornaments. This will be done by looking at figural imageries, geometric and vegetal motifs, calligrams synthesizing images and texts, as well as structural and non-structural components integrated into the historic structures for aesthetic purposes. The ultimate goal of this study is to attempt an interpretation of the concepts and in some cases philosophical undertones, that were meant to be communicated through the Islamic architectural ornaments.

Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton: 1935–2018, 2018

The Hermeneutics of Islamic Ornament: The Example of the Alhambra.............375 VALERIE GONZALEZ, in 'Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton: 1935–2018'. Edited b􏰀y Sab􏰀ine Sch􏰁imdtk􏰂e. P􏰃iscataway, NJ: 􏰊􏰋Gorgias Press 2018

Manazir journal, 2022

La modernité « orientale » : les arts décoratifs polonais face aux arts de l'Islam au début du XX e siècle 110

Arts and Design Studies, 2014

Throughout history, Islamic Ornamentation was the most characteristic to identify Islamic architecture. It used in mosques and other Islamic buildings. Many studies were about the formation of Islamic art from pre-existing traditional elements and about the nature of the power which wrought all those various elements into a unique synthesis. Nobody will deny the unity of Islamic art, despite the differences of time and place. It's far too evident, whether one contemplates the mosque of Cordoba, the great schools of Samarkand or Al-Mustansiriya. It's like the same light shone forth from all these works of art.

2018

This paper deals with the stucco merlon uncovered by D. Whitehouse at Siraf in 1969, currently on view in the Gallery of Islamic Art at The British Museum in London, which has not yet been fully studied. On the basis of both its decorative and technical aspects, as well as the context in which it was found, its manufacturing likely relates to the main reconstruction works-carried out at Siraf after the devastating earthquake of 977-characterised by the introduction of a new local moulded stucco production.