Two more days and November is gone. The weather itself is always gray, wet, and gloomy,nevertheless, I managed to find more Blacks and Grey around me.Quite surprised and realized that there are really many things, normal things around me in this colour especially in the natural surroundings.
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Anyways, while I was browsing in my gallery, found this old photo of a dead bird..lifeless, a sad sight. I don´t really like seeing dead animals, but you can´t avoid seeing them. Sometimes, ran over by a car, or I don´t know really what happened.
A grey ending…
A cable liftsome public Art in BerlinMore lines of bikes in Hollandand more Bikes…mostly BlacksAnother public Art in Berlin, a Holocaust memorialA Black church door in BerlinIndeed do…A black bike I saw in the Old town
Spotted these rows of Fungi, the color is crazy, but black stints is so fascinating.
And the times where there is no rice cooker yet…
Of course, my daughter adores Ninjago and Lego so Cole, the Black Ninja needs to be here, as per request of the Little Miss.
If there´s one thing that I can remember living in the middle east , aesthetically speaking is the designs and patterns I´ve seen almost everywhere. It is very evident, just like the painted houses here in Bavaria. You will eventually know that you are in a Muslim country.These geometric patterns of heritage appears in different shapes, tones, depth and multiplicity.The most cammon is the”Arabesque” design, modest and floral in forms which is my favourite.
It´s like a flower figure, with continous loops and this is a very important pattern in Islamic architecture .Unlike western art, Islamic art avoid figurative objects in order to avoid becoming objects of worship.
In Middle East, you will never see statues, or idols, only exquisite carvings and mosaic patterns , of course in different shapes and designs.Places that I go to check them out are in Mosques (or Masjid), praying halls, malls, shops, museums, and other function halls.My greatest souvenir is getting an arabic rug with this design, i really adore it.
Now let us see if you follow the Arabesque flower pattern in this gallery…how many would you find?
If you are curious, you might be interested to ask what is an Arabesque pattern…
I used them quite often as well in my mosaic paintings. They are series of repetitive elements in Islamic art, such as using geometrical floral designs, only you repeat them many times, countless in fact. The Arabesque in Islamic art is often used to symboloze the transcendent, indivisible, infinite nature of God.
In Italian, it´s called, “Arabesco“, meaning Arabic style.
Seen from Skylights of buildings
Everywhere you see, there´s the infinite patternns of designs and shapes.
Mosaic of different shapes, colors used in tilings and walls
Cabinet design
Door design
Centerpiece table design
Plate design
Another wall design
Or what about showing it all to the whole building and it´s interiors? I guess one post is not enough to show all these grandeur.
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