October 13, 2013 - Blue Arch of a Mosque of Isfahan
 

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Photo by Tandis Khodadadian (Woodland Hills, CA); Photographed April 2013, Isfahan, Iran

I've seen Islamic art and decoration in Egypt.
It really is gorgeous.

When William Morris used it as a basis for one of hss many styles, he was careful to leave a tiny line somewhere on the animal (usually birds) to reflect the Muslim beief that not living animal should be depicted in art. Same reason for some of the extraordinary scultures in strictly Islamic countries.

Pretty fancy backsplash for the stove. :-)

Well some folks really appreciate the kitchen staff.;)

That's a really impressive structure. It looks really classy, but I bet if I could read Arabic, those words would jump out at me, and the structure wouldn't speak as loudly.

It like how sometimes pop foreign language songs sound better than pop English songs, because you can ignore the lyrics and just hear the music. You assume the lyrics are something really amazing, when really they are just mindless drivel.

I asked to have it translated and this was the response:

I expect it is not unlike the writing I'd find in English in a church.

So it's just one of those artsy Farsi things.

:lol:

Ha!