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COLOR • USED TO CONTRAST AGAINST DULL LANDSCAPE / ENVIRONMENT • COLOR GREEN IS ASSOCIATED WITH MUHAMMAD • GREEN = FERTILITY & YOUTH ANICONISM • ABSENCE OF HUMAN FIGURES • OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF IDOLS OR IMAGES • ALLAH IS UNIQUE & CANNOT BE REPRESENTED EXCEPT BY HIS WORDS IN THE QURAN GEOMETRIC DESIGNS • COMPLEX DESIGNS EXIST EVERYWHERE • REPRESENTS STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN ISLAM & MATHEMATICS • SCIENCE & MATH = MUSLIMS’ GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ARABESQUES • DESIGN IN WHICH NATURAL FORMS SUCH AS STEMS, FLOWERS AND TREES ARE ARRANGED TO FORM INFINITE PATTERN • ADOPTED BY EARLY MUSLIMS FROM ROMAN & BYZANTINE ART • WAY TO DISSOLVE IMAGES & INDIVIDUALISM CALLIGRAPHY • MEANS “BEAUTIFUL WRITING” • REPRESENTS SACRED WORDS OF ALLAH • CONSIDERED HIGHEST ART FORM IN ISLAMIC WORLD