Image Plate from Owen Jones' 1853 classic, "The Grammar of Ornament".

    _151, 1/31/05, 1:19 PM, 16C, 3062x4192 (568+411), 62%, Default Settin, 1/40 s, R74.2, G58.2, B73.3

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      seeklake, Gaston Caba, dglehmann, Mishmishonit, and 63 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. dglehmann (73 months ago | reply)

      amazing....

    3. Engin Korkmaz (51 months ago | reply)

      wonderful piece of art.. but it's not arabic as you tagged it. it's turkish. western people prefer to confuse all eastern art but it's like confusing ukranian art with spanish.

    4. EricGjerde (51 months ago | reply)

      well, I tagged the whole set as such; it's mostly all from the Moorish/Arabic sections of the Grammar of Ornament, but yes, I should correct that.

      I completely agree with you of course - as a student of islamic art, there are tons of different national/ethnic/regional styles, and Turkish is wildly different from Moroccan, or from Persian, etc.

      As a western person who is utterly obsessed with the geometric art of the islamic world (or it's historical footprint and influence, I should say) it's quite hard to explain to other westerners exactly why the tiling in Iran is more appealing to me than that of Tunisia, or why it's different, or what the differences are.

      I'm a total neophyte when it comes to tiling, but nevertheless I do try to appreciate the broad scope of ornamental and geometric art across the whole range of styles and regions :)

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