Situationnel

situations define art

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Panjara 

What does Panjara mean? Meaning: term used in Central Asia to designate something similar to a moucharabieh.  

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Damasquinage 

What does Damasquinage mean? Meaning: an artistic technique that consists in setting a copper, gold or silver wire on a metal surface, usually iron or steel, to create a decorative motif.…

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Koch 

What does Koch mean? Meaning: term used in Uzbekistan to designate two buildings facing each other (see, for example, madrasa Koch in Bukhara).  

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Ribat 

What does Ribat mean? Meaning: Fortified defensive constructions, generally installed on frontiers. They also serve as lodgings for travelers and as places for meditation.  

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Dhal 

What does Dhal mean? Meaning: the "dhal" shield refers to an Indian shield, sometimes also used in Persia, made of leather and sometimes steel. It is therefore found, in particular, in…

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Ksar 

What does Ksar mean? Meaning: fortified village (Berber architecture) found in North Africa.  

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Diacritique (signe) 

What does Diacritique (signe) mean? Meaning: signs (dots, dashes) used in Arabic writing to precisely define words and their pronunciation.  

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Lustre métallique 

What does Lustre métallique mean? Meaning: type of glaze obtained by applying a glaze containing metallic particles to an already glazed ceramic object. The lustre effects are created by the light…

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Sabil-kuttab 

What does Sabil-kuttab mean? Meaning: building, or part of a building, with a public fountain on the first floor and an elementary school on the upper floor (found mainly in Mamluk…

Ideas

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Waterweed 

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Waqâla 

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Tughra

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Saz (style)