COLOR

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COLOR

• USED TO CONTRAST AGAINST DULL LANDSCAPE /
  ENVIRONMENT
• COLOR GREEN IS ASSOCIATED WITH MUHAMMAD
• GREEN FERTILITY YOUTH

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ANICONISM

• ABSENCE OF HUMAN FIGURES
• OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF IDOLS OR IMAGES
• ALLAH IS UNIQUE CANNOT BE REPRESENTED EXCEPT BY
  HIS WORDS IN THE QURAN

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GEOMETRIC DESIGNS

• COMPLEX DESIGNS EXIST EVERYWHERE
• REPRESENTS STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN ISLAM
  MATHEMATICS
• SCIENCE MATH MUSLIMS GREATEST CONTRIBUTION
  TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

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ARABESQUES

• DESIGN IN WHICH NATURAL FORMS SUCH AS STEMS,
  FLOWERS AND TREES ARE ARRANGED TO FORM INFINITE
  PATTERN
• ADOPTED BY EARLY MUSLIMS FROM ROMAN BYZANTINE
  ART
• WAY TO DISSOLVE IMAGES INDIVIDUALISM

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CALLIGRAPHY

• MEANS BEAUTIFUL WRITING
• REPRESENTS SACRED WORDS OF ALLAH
• CONSIDERED HIGHEST ART FORM IN ISLAMIC WORLD

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