MERYEM: DECORATIVE MOTIFS

ORNAMENTALS AND FUNCTIONAL WORK IN DIFFERENT MEDIUMS LIKE

WOOD ,GLASS ,CERAMICS , OR TEXTILE.

THE FIELD INCLUDES FURNITURES ,INTERIOR DESIGHN AND

ARCHITECTURE

THE DECORATIVE ART OFTEN CATEGORIZED IN THE OPPOSITION TO THE

FINE ART NAMELY DRAWING , PHOTOGRAPHY , PAINTING AND

SCULPTURE .

SOME DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DECORATIVE ARTS AND FINE FINE ARTS

BASED ON THEIR FUNCTIONALITY , INTENDED PURPOSE, STATUS AS

UNIQUE CREATION OR SINGLE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION

IN THIS BOOK WE FOUND 64 DECORATIVE MOTIFS (GEOMETRIC PATTERN)

GEOMETRIC PATTERN MAKE UP ONE OF THE THREE NON FIGURAL TYPES

OF DECORATION IN ISLAMIC ART , WICH ALSO INCLUDE CALLIGRAPHY

AND VEGETAL PATTERNS

GEOMETRIC PATTERNS ARE POPULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH ISLAMIC ART

THESE ABSTRACT DESIGNS NOT ONLY ADORN THE SURFACES OF

MONUMENTAL ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE BUT ALSO FUNCTION AS THE

MAJOR DECORATIVE ELEMENT ON A VAST ARRAY OF OBJECTS OF ALL

TYPES