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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.
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Muqarnas

Under the Dome

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeLooking 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.

What it meansMuqarnas domes are built from hundreds of small niche-shaped cells corbelled out in rings, each ring stepping inward until a single star closes the top.

Where it worksGives height to a stairwell, a hallway or any wall you look up at.

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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 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
A line drawing of a muqarnas vault in plan: squares and rhombi radiating from an eight-pointed star, with each tier ring drawn heavier and gold construction lines laid over it.Builder’s PlanNo. 3
A deep cornice of muqarnas cells under a dark eave, lit low from one side so every hood falls into shadow and every pendant face catches the sun, with the cornice’s shadow laid along the wall below.Raking LightNo. 4
A single tall niche in a plain stucco wall, crowned by a small half-dome of cells and framed with a fine gold line.NicheNo. 5
The corner of a room where two walls meet, one in light and one in shade, bridged above by a squinch: a pointed arch filled with rows of stucco cells beneath the dark base of the dome.SquinchNo. 6
A slender column crowned by a capital of three stepped tiers of muqarnas cells under a square abacus, with pointed arches springing from it against a deep blue sky.CapitalNo. 7
Three rows of muqarnas niches running beneath a sandstone eave, above a plain stucco wall with slender pointed windows.CorniceNo. 8
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

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