Sentences with phrase «islamic ornamentation»
The wide array of sources that underlie her large - scale forms include Biblical and mythological narratives, Arab oral traditions, Gothic architecture, Western painting, Islamic ornamentation, and scientific advances in physics and astronomy.
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A cross between Western geometric abstraction and the geometric ornamentation of Islamic art, it combines the visual impact of easel painting with the physical experience of design on an architectural scale.
Eric Standley, resident of Blacksburg, Virginia, is an Associate Professor of Studio Art, Foundations of Art, and Design Coordinator for the School of Visual Arts, at Virginia Tech, creates astoundingly complex, diminutive windows and temple - like structures inspired by geometry from Gothic and Islamic architectural ornamentation as «an attempt to capture a reverence for the infinite.»