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A tiled portal at dusk under a crescent moon, its muqarnas half-dome glowing gold and its doorway lit.
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Muqarnas

Dusk Portal

No. 14 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA tiled portal at dusk under a crescent moon, its muqarnas half-dome glowing gold and its doorway lit.

What it meansPortals with muqarnas hoods were the formal thresholds of mosques, madrasas and caravanserais, and were meant to be seen at every hour.

Where it worksA gentle evening piece for a bedroom or a quiet sitting room.

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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
A tall conical dome covered on the outside with tier upon tier of muqarnas niches, rising from an octagonal drum with blind arches into a pale sky.SugarloafNo. 17
The rhythm of a muqarnas cornice reduced to three flat colours, lapis, turquoise and stucco, repeating across the sheet.FriezeNo. 18
A stalactite pendant of stucco cells hanging from a dark ceiling, tier by tier narrowing to a small gold point; in wide formats a larger pendant hangs between two smaller ones.PendantNo. 19
A minaret shaft against a turquoise sky, its balcony carried on four tiers of muqarnas cells beneath a turquoise parapet pierced with small arches.Minaret BalconyNo. 20
Looking straight up into a muqarnas dome set in a square bay: rings of folded stucco cells step inward to a gold star, with stepped corner squinches; in longer formats the bays repeat like a vaulted corridor.Under the DomeNo. 1
A portal in elevation: a tall pointed arch framed in lapis and turquoise, its half-dome filled with rows of stucco cells, one fewer in each row as they rise, above faceted walls, a turquoise dado and a dark doorway.IwanNo. 2

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