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    Zellij (redirect from Zellige morocco)
    Zellij (Arabic: زليج, romanized: zillīj), also spelled zillij or zellige, is a style of mosaic tilework made from individually hand-chiseled tile pieces...
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    one of the masterpieces of Kashi time work from the Mughal period. The zellige tradition of Arabic North Africa uses small colored tiles of various shapes...
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    were the Moorish wall tilings of Islamic architecture, using Girih and Zellige tiles in buildings such as the Alhambra and La Mezquita. Tessellations...
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    marocain (Zellige ; Le Fennec, 2011) : non-fiction La Vieille Dame du riad (Julliard, 2011) : novel Le jour où j'ai déjeuné avec le Diable (Zellige, 2011) :...
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  • Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes, Morocco, zellige mosaic tiles forming elaborate geometric tessellations...
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    Polished plaster Plasterwork Sarooj, a similar water-resistant plaster Zellige Stucco Wolff, Britta (2013). "Hydrophobized Lime Plasters as Protective...
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    architecture including kilim carpets, Persian girih and Moroccan/Algerian zellige tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali pierced stone screens, ceramics...
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    are decorated with Zellige tiles and clays. The lower part of the minaret is covered with rectangular panel surrounded by Zellige squares with a metallic...
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    bronze, and granite finishes. It is ornamented with pale blue marble and Zellige tilework. A particular feature in the mosque is that all structures are...
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  • for Amour, colère et folie Fille d'Haïti (Paris: Fasquelle, 1954; Paris: Zellige, 2014) La Danse sur le volcan (Paris: Plon, 1957; Paris/Léchelle: Maisonneuve...
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    is Maghrebi-Andalusian art and architecture. Carved plaster Arabesques, zellige tilework, carved wood, and other expressions of Islamic geometric patterns...
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  • features of Moroccan Makhzen architecture: stone, whitewashed lime plaster, zellige tile work, and green roof tiles. The building has three Mauro-Andalusi...
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    symmetries are evident in forms as varied as Persian girih and Moroccan zellige tilework, Mughal jali pierced stone screens, and widespread muqarnas vaulting...
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    flourishing art form in Islamic culture and it is continued in the art of zellige and azulejo in various parts of the Arab world, although tile was to become...
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    ironwork, jewelry, painted wood, carved plaster, leather work, stonemasonry, zellige, traditional weaving, and calligraphy. To apply, students are invited to...
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    century resembled quasicrystalline Penrose tilings. Elaborate geometric zellige tilework is a distinctive element in Moroccan architecture. Muqarnas vaults...
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    Bousbir. Bank al-Maghrib in Casablanca Reinterpreted zellige. Stairs Staircase. Clock. Reinterpreted zellige close-up. In 1930, he founded the Moroccan chapter...
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    tiles Quasicrystal – Ordered chemical structure with no repeating pattern Zellige – Mosaic tile decorationPages displaying short descriptions of redirect...
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    manufacture, for example, the small, almost mosaic, brightly coloured zellige tiles of Morocco. With exceptions, notably the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing...
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    Mosque, including the courtyards, horseshoe arches, and in particular the zelliges, was entrusted to specialized craftsmen from North Africa using traditional...
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    Showcasing the breath of African culture, the framing of the artwork in Zellige motifs is accompanied with Amazigh and berber languages. Adding to the...
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  • source of local pride. Tetouan  Morocco 2017 History of crafts such as Zellige, Taajira embroidery, encrusted and painted wood and wrought ironwork. Trinidad...
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    with the same name where workshops and shops are found. Among them are Zellige (tilework), pottery, plaster engravings, embroidery, inlaying with silver...
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    arts: carved wood, plaster, stone or marble, chiseled or engraved metal, zellige, etc. Depending on the surface to be painted, the type of geometric pattern...
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  • Islamic geometric patterns Islamic interlace patterns Sitara (textile) Zellige Islamic architecture Architectural elements Ablaq Iwan Mashrabiya Minaret...
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    of several mathematical tessellations, formed of ceramic tiles (girih, zellige) that may themselves be plain or decorated with stripes. Symmetries such...
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    from Erfoud, Ourika clay, geometric terra cotta with vitreous enamel (zellige), green enamel of Tamgrout, paint, cotton, argan oil, cork, henna, rumex...
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    The Ben Youssef Madrasa, erected by Saadians in the 1560s. Its walls are decorated with Islamic geometric patterns in stucco and zellige tilework....
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    flourishing art form in Islamic culture and it is continued in the art of zellige and azulejo in various parts of the Arab world, although tile was to become...
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    Morocco. For this occasion, a fountain with a pool was made in Moroccan zellige. Maalems craftsmen [fr] came specially from their spiritual home to complete...
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