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Three rows of muqarnas niches running beneath a sandstone eave, above a plain stucco wall with slender pointed windows.
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No. 8 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThree rows of muqarnas niches running beneath a sandstone eave, above a plain stucco wall with slender pointed windows.

What it meansBands of muqarnas were used as cornices along façades and minarets, especially in Cairo, where they mark the line between wall and roof.

Where it worksA minimal piece for a kitchen, a bathroom or above a console.

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A muqarnas dome seen from below, its folded cells painted in alternating rings of turquoise and lapis with gold joints, closing on a gold star, on a ground of faint eight-pointed stars.Painted VaultNo. 9
A close view of white stucco muqarnas: row upon row of niches in which only light and shadow describe each cell.White StuccoNo. 10
Three tiers of muqarnas cells drawn in elevation and lifted apart, in lapis, turquoise and stucco, with gold guide lines showing how each joint in one tier sits over the centre of a cell in the tier below.Exploded TierNo. 11
The squares and rhombi of a muqarnas plan laid flat as a field of colour cells in stucco, sandstone, turquoise, lapis, gold and umber, set in a dark joint.Colour CellsNo. 12
The vault of a muqarnas dome seen from below, every folded cell in gold, closing on a lapis star within a gold rim.Gold LeafNo. 13
A tiled portal at dusk under a crescent moon, its muqarnas half-dome glowing gold and its doorway lit.Dusk PortalNo. 14
The top rings of a muqarnas dome drawn on their own in shades of lapis, their points forming a many-pointed star around a gold star.Star CapNo. 15
An architectural section of a domed room in white line on lapis: the cut walls and pointed shell in solid stucco, the far half of the vault drawn row by row in cells, with gold construction lines on the axis and at the springing.SectionNo. 16

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