The Arabesque, a special form of Islamic ornamental art, as a type of document
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 12/28/2023 - 12:08The world museums and libraries hold extensive collections of old manuscripts, books, works of applied arts, in the design of which the oriental ornament called the arabesque is used. In this article, the arabesque is examined as a material object that has a symbolic designation and an informational component, that is a document. The author reviews the historical origins of the arabesque, describes its elements, artistic techniques and techniques of the geometric construction from the point of view of the syntactive component.