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A single large ribbed dome in alternating turquoise and teal fabrics over a drum of arched windows and an arcade, between two cypresses.
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Patchwork Medina

The Dome

No. 13 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA single large ribbed dome in alternating turquoise and teal fabrics over a drum of arched windows and an arcade, between two cypresses.

What it meansRibbed and melon domes, built from many curved segments, are found from Cairo to Samarkand.

Where it worksCalm and centred, good for a living room or entrance.

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2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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A broad dome in indigo and turquoise at night, its arcade glowing mustard below and stars marked across the dark sky.Blue DomeNo. 14
A tall onion dome striped in rust and saffron fabrics against a pale turquoise sky, with a sun on one side.Onion DomeNo. 15
A pointed dome in olive and oxblood under a dusk sky of rust and saffron bands, flanked by dark cypresses.Dome at DuskNo. 16
A quilt-like grid of rounded arches, each a different fabric set on its own oatmeal or sand patch, with one arch opening onto a night sky and a crescent.ArchesNo. 17
Rows of pointed arches in rust, saffron and turquoise fabrics set on indigo and teal squares, one holding a pale crescent.Pointed ArchesNo. 18
Large horseshoe arches in teal, indigo and sand fabrics on rust and saffron grounds, with smaller arches set inside some of them.Horseshoe ArchesNo. 19
A few big arches in mixed shapes, rounded, pointed, ogee and lobed, each in its own fabric on oatmeal and sand.Four ArchesNo. 20
A sampler of square blocks, each holding one small scene: domes, palms, crescents, cypresses, a sun, a house, a fruit tree, a minaret and an eight-point star.Medina SamplerNo. 21

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