Having my mind blown visiting the Alhambra palace. It’s sensory overload. How come so much of the art is geometric? Was it a fashion spawned by discovery or invention or what?
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Many Muslims follow a form of their faith that says any art that looks like a living thing is idolatry and forbidden.
If you aren’t making anything like people, animals, or plants, you don’t have too many options calligraphy (art with words) and art with geometric patterns are both good ways to avoid those prohibitions.
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