IB World Religion

Surface, Pattern and Light"

little furniture is traditionally used for daily life in Islam,

on a basic foundation of calligraphy, geometry and, in architecture, the repetition and multiplication of elements based on the arch. "Allied and parallel to these are floral and figural motifs,"

architecture of the veil.

traditional need to entertain male guests, while at the same time bar them access to the females

Because of the lack of emphasis on external appearance in

The early Islamic period, seventh through tenth century

early medieval period, from the eleventh through the mid-thirteenth century,

late medieval period