11/20/2023 0 Comments Medieval illuminations grotesque![]() ![]() Geometric decoration often uses patterns that are made up of straight lines and regular angles that somewhat resemble curvilinear arabesque patterns the extent to which these too are described as arabesque varies between different writers. ![]() The case for a connection with Islamic mathematics is much stronger for the development of the geometric patterns with which arabesques are often combined in art. In similar fashion, proposed connections between the arabesque and Arabic knowledge of geometry remains a subject of debate not all art historians are persuaded that such knowledge had reached, or was needed by, those creating arabesque designs, although in certain cases there is evidence that such a connection did exist. At the popular level such theories often appear uninformed as to the wider context of the arabesque. In the West they are essentially found in the decorative arts, but because of the generally non-figurative nature of Islamic art, arabesque decoration is there often a very prominent element in the most significant works, and plays a large part in the decoration of architecture.Ĭlaims are often made regarding the theological significance of the arabesque and its origin in a specifically Islamic view of the world however, these are without support from written historical sources since, like most medieval cultures, the Islamic world has not left us documentation of their intentions in using the decorative motifs they did. Some Western arabesques derive from Islamic art, but others are closely based on ancient Roman decorations. The past and current usage of the term in respect of European art is confused and inconsistent. Interlace and scroll decoration are terms used for most other types of similar patterns.Īrabesques are a fundamental element of Islamic art. Within the very wide range of Eurasian decorative art that includes motifs matching this basic definition, the term "arabesque" is used consistently as a technical term by art historians to describe only elements of the decoration found in two phases: Islamic art from about the 9th century onwards, and European decorative art from the Renaissance onwards. It usually consists of a single design which can be ' tiled' or seamlessly repeated as many times as desired. ![]() Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised half-palmettes, which were combined with spiralling stems". The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Stone relief with arabesques of tendrils, palmettes and half-palmettes in the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria Part of a 15th-century ceramic panel from Samarkand ( Uzbekistan) with white calligraphy on a blue arabesque background A historicist approach to the grotesque, however subjective, offers nothing else but a history of the meanings given to the word grotesque, term which designates a perpetual value of reality, stratified only in the physical and conceptual artifacts it has been associated with.For other uses, see Arabesque (disambiguation). The aesthetic category that seems best to transcribe the need of simultaneous and irrational perception of mundane reality is the grotesque – being, in my opinion, a good strategy for highlighting multiple purpose trends present in the environment as important factors of human identity configuration which, in a mechanistic way, dominated by reason, are often lost sight of. A traditional history of art becomes impossible when discovering a synchronous existence of a variety of art events that cannot be placed in parallel discursive lines, without grasping links and ramifications born from obvious similarities between formulas and procedures otherwise separated by long distances and time periods. ![]() This paper’s aim is offering a subjective vision on the grotesque as form of identity for human individuals ranging from at least Middle Ages until contemporary artistic manifestations. ![]()
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