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SELECTED BYMARIAN BANTJESYENI MOSQUE, ISTANBUL (1597–1640)DESIGNERUNKNOWN
It is my opinion that Islamic art, particularly from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, contains everything we have ever desired or required in perfection of design. It combines mathematical precision and intricacy with beauty. It balances intense and mind-boggling detail with perfectly balanced form. There is message and meaning within that message. There is incredibly sophisticated planning and form, but at the same time, pure emotionalism. Every nuance and detail is worked to within an inch of its life without giving up liveliness. The Islamic artists did it better than the Christians, and better than the Modernists. They embraced and embodied the best ...
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