Islamic Art and Architecture

_______ are vine like or plant like shapes and forms that are used as a decorative element in architecture.

• Arabesques 
• Vines 
• Geometric Shapes 
• Calligraphy

What is this called?

• Mihrab
• Chhatri
• Arabesque 
• Minaret 

What is this decorative element called?

• Ogival Arches 
• Geometric Shapes 
• Arabic Calligraphy 
• Arabesques 

What is this decorative element called?

• Arabic Calligraphy
• Chhatri 
• Geometric Patterns 
• Arabesques 

What is this decorative element called?

• Arabesques 
• Chhatri
• Geometric Patterns 
• Arabic Calligraphy 

The repetitive arabesque and geometric patters are meant to symbolize:

• God's infinite nature

• The supremacy of the natural world or human world

• The insignificance of humans.

• Human's infinite significance