Revival of Aesthetic Values in the Architectural Elements of Fatimid Mosques ‎

Document Type : scientific articles

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faculty of applied arts

Abstract

Art and architecture represent human cultural identity and creative achievement throughout history. The ‎‎‎Islamic architectural heritage and art capture the essence of the Islamic civilizational personality in its ‎‎‎prosperous eras, where Relied upon the intellectual foundations inspired ‎by Islamic philosophy that is ‎based on ‎‎faith. That turn fostered the emergence and development of a distinctive architectural style. The ‎arts in the ‎‎Fatimid era left an Islamic artistic heritage, adopting its basic and distinctive features. This ‎included his ‎‎unparalleled interest in the decoration elements such as Muqarnas, domes, and columns. ‎These ‎‎architectural elements added a distinctive qualitative leap in the architecture of building mosques. ‎in ‎‎another way, architectural heritage provides hard evidence of our past is rapidly vanishing as a result of ‎‎‎many destructive reasons. The research used a strategy of ‎‎analyzing and describing the aesthetics of the ‎Fatimid architecture mosques. The most important findings ‎of the study are the ability to incorporate ‎architectural sculpture inspired by Fatimid heritage into contemporary ‎‎architecture without requiring ‎advanced technical skills,‎ and the ability to create contemporary architecture inspired by the Fatimid ‎architectural heritage of mosques.‎

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