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Often attributed to a proscription against figural images, this interpretation is not borne out historically with reference to palace wall painting, ceramics, ivory, woodwork, and book illustration rich with pictorial narrative. Although geometry is present, either by conscious human choice in design or as an inherent feature of architectural production in all cultures, it seems to have assumed a much higher significance in Islamic centers of civilization (Grabar, 1992). Geometric patterns in two and three dimensions comprise one of the key characteristics of arts and architecture of the Islamic world in many cultural traditions from the central Islamic lands of the Middle East to Spain, India, Indonesia, and sub-Saharan Africa (Bloom & Blair, 2009 Broug, 2013 Ettinghausen, Grabar, & Jenkins-Madina, 2001 Gerdes, 1999 Hillenbrand, 1994, 2009).

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