The Meander decoration on the Islamic architecture In the Levant and Egypt "from the Umayyad period until Mohammad Ali’s Age"

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Lecturer at Ain shams University Faculty of Arts Department of Islamic archeology (EGYPT)

Abstract

Meander (meandros) is a kind of geometric decorations that appeared in the Ancient Egyptian art. It was also used in the Greek and Roman arts in various types and forms.
Meander has not been investigated in the Islamic architecture, although it was utilized in the Islamic buildings in the Levant during the Umayyad era. It was also used in the artifacts and buildings of the Coptic era and was assumed in the (Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk) eras as a border or interior of the geometric forms following the same style of the Seljuk buildings and artifacts. It was implemented on the façades of houses in Rosetta in the 12th A.H. / 18th A.D. century. Furthermore, it spread and evolved in the reign of Muhammad Ali and his dynasty, when various materials were used for decoration. The present study explores this motif on the Islamic buildings and artifacts, which acted as models for illustrating its implementation and development in the Islamic arts.

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قائمة الاختصارات
ICAA: Institute of Classical Architecture& Art
IFAO: Institut Français dˈArchéologie Orientale
ifpo: Institut Français du Proche-Orient (UMIFRE 6, CNRS-MEAÉ, USR 3135)
MIFAO: Mémoires publiés par les Member de lˈInstitut Français dˈArchéologie Orientale du Caire.
MWNF: Museum With No Frontiers
 

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