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An arabesque is a decorative art style featuring rhythmic patterns of scrolling and interlacing lines, foliage, and tendrils, often created with stylized leaves and half-palmettes. This ornamental approach developed in the Islamic world and has been used to embellish everything from stone reliefs and ceramic panels to other artistic surfaces throughout history.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- ornament
- Image
- Turquoise epigraphic ornament MBA Lyon A1969-333.jpg
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Arabesque (art)
- different from
- Arabeska
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