due to avoiding utilization of human figures and abstaining from idolatry, decorations have specific geometry in islamic art and architecture. one of the striking characteristics of the knots (girih) that has caused to dynamicity throughout its thousand-year history is its regeneration and diversification of the diverse geometric properties. girih tiling decoration is part of geometric arts in ...

En 1993-1994, un grand bassin en calcaire avec des decorations relief a ete decouvert sur le site d’Ardashir Khwarrah, dans la region du Fārs (aujourd’hui conserve base ICHHTO de Firuzabad). Son etat actuel, ainsi que l’impossibilite comparer d’autres objets similaires, ne permettent pas d’indiquer certitude sa fonction. Menant une etude approfondie cet objet, l’A. fait l’hypothese qu’il faisai...

In this paper, we used a multi-technique approach in order to identify the arsenic sulfide pigment used in the decorative panels of the Japanese tower in Laeken, Belgium. Our attention was drawn to this particular pigment because of its relatively good conservation state, despite its known tendency to fade over time when exposed to light. The pigment was used with different painting techniques,...

The mixed spin-1/2 and spin-1 Ising-Heisenberg ferromagnet on the decorated triangular lattice consisting of inter-connected diamonds is investigated within the framework of an exact decoration-iteration mapping transformation. It is shown that the diamond-like decoration by a couple of the Heisenberg spins gives rise to a diverse critical behaviour including reentrant phase transitions with tw...

Often times in film, houses have been categorized as a part of the set design or production design. They are purposefully furnished and decorated according to the director’s vision. Filmmakers, scholars, and critics recognize the importance of the setting and its decorations. However, let us consider the possibility that a house is more than the set design; it is a character. The characterizati...

The Late Bronze Age presents a peak in the cultural interactions between different empires of ancient Near East. Bulk goods and small quantities luxury products were exchanged kings local elite over long distances. During 2019 excavation campaign, such item was discovered at site Pyla-Kokkinokremos Cyprus: an Egyptian calcite-alabaster drop jar incised with geometric floral decorations. In pres...

This article examines the inlaid artefacts with garnets decorated carved spirals, which originate from Kerch and date late stage of Great Migration Period. According to B. Arrhenius, gemstones occurring in Europe Hunnic Post-­­Hunnic Periods were products Mediterranean workshops, primarily Constantinople. stone-­­working technology requires specific skills; barbarians did not have this period q...

Orchid plants are that have the most species among other plants. According to O'Byrne there 17,000 – 35,000 and an estimated 750 -850 genera of orchids spread throughout world. The various types in terms shape, beauty uniqueness make consumers attractive orchids. Orchids also added value when they able produce aroma. In addition, crosses known as hybrid their own market share. This is because r...