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Arabesque meaning
An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture. | An ornate composition, especially for the piano. | A dance position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other raised backwards, and the arms outstretched.
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Example sentences (18)
There is great similarity between arabesque artwork from very different geographic regions. citation In fact, the similarities are so pronounced that it is sometimes difficult for experts to tell where a given style of arabesque comes from.
Arabesque-ing on one leg like an Edgar Degas statue, she still found twist and power enough to send the ball through the net before she landed out.
To learn more, he volunteered at the Arabesque Burlesque Academy, acquiring credits toward classes.
The updated kitchen features an arabesque tile backsplash, stainless appliances and a dining counter.
Bavouzet projected the Arabesque No. 1 on gentle waves of sound, and supplied nonchalant virtuosity in the third of the Images oubliees.
According to Harold Osborne, in France, the "characteristic development of the French arabesque combined bandwork deriving from the moresque with decorative acanthus foliage radiating from C-scrolls connected by short bars".
Also in 1839, the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was published in two volumes, though he made little money off of it and it received mixed reviews.
Arabesque is also used as a term for complex freehand pen flourishes in drawing or other graphic media.
Ettinghausen et al. describe the arabesque as a "vegetal design consisting of full.
He acquired a taste for parallel motion in fifths, fourths and octaves from medieval music, and an appreciation for figuration and arabesque from the Baroque masters.
In other words, man can discover the geometric forms that constitute the arabesque, but these forms always existed before as part of God's creation, as shown in this picture.
Osborne, 35 The use of "arabesque" as an English noun first appears, in relation to painting, in William Beckford 's novel Vathek in 1786.
Proverbs and complete passages from the Qur'an can be seen today in Arabesque art.
The coming together of these three forms creates the Arabesque, and this is a reflection of unity arising from diversity; a basic tenet of Islam.
The novel has been published in the US, Russia (Arabesque) and Germany (Aufbau-Verlag).
There are two modes to arabesque art.
The reason for this is that the science and mathematics that are used to construct Arabesque artwork are universal.
Though the broad outline of the process is generally agreed, there is a considerable diversity of views held by specialist scholars on detailed issues concerning the development, categorization and meaning of the arabesque.