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Pseudo-Kufic

Pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque, also sometimes pseudo-Arabic, is a style of decoration used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, consisting of imitations of the Arabic script, especially Kufic, made in a non-Arabic context: "Imitations of Arabic in European art are often described as pseudo-Kufic, borrowing the term for an Arabic script that emphasizes…

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In the Byzantine Empire

Renaissance painting

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Pseudo-Kufic

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related to In the Byzantine Empire · 44
Pseudo-Kufic → Alcázar, AlhambraPart, Allah, Alternatively, Arab, Arab-like, Arabesque, Arabic, Astvatsatsin Church, Athens, Byzantine, Byzantine Christian, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Cathedral, Century, Chapel, Church, Churches, Constantinople
related to Renaissance painting · 20
Pseudo-Kufic → Arabic, Byzantine Greece, European, Fabriano, Florence, Fra Angelico, French, From, Gentile, German, Giotto, Giovanni Toscani, Gothic, Italian, Kufic, Many, Masaccio, Numerous, Rosamond Mack, The
related to Early examples · 18
Pseudo-Kufic → Abbasid, Al-Andalus, Amalfi, Arabic, Caliph Al-Mansur, English King Offa, In Medieval, Islamic, It, Italy, Kufic, Offa, Offa Rex, Rome, Salerno, Some, The, These
related to Gallery · 17
Pseudo-Kufic → Antonio Vivarini's Saint Louis, Arabic, Bénissant, Este, Giovanni Bellini's Le Christ, Henri Bellechose's Le Retable, House, Humility, Jacopo Bellini, Kufic, London, Louvre MuseumEarly-16th-century Andalusian, Louvre MuseumPseudo-Kufic, Museum, Roman, Saint Denis, Toulouse

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script pseudo-arabic art kufic century elements renaissance virgin islamic arabic museum also halos around decoration used mary especially byzantine halo

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Amalfiinstance ofin merchant cities0.80text
Salernoinstance ofin merchant cities0.80text
a 13th French Limoges enamel ciborium at the British Museuminstance ofand a general appreciation among the Christian aristocracy for Islamic high culture of the time.Examples are known of the incorporation of Kufic script and Islamic-inspired colo…0.80text
Hosios Loukasinstance ofChurches and monasteries0.80text
the Church of the Holy Apostles in Athens include pseudo-Kufic decorationinstance ofChurches and monasteries0.80text
ceramicsinstance ofborrowing designs from luxury goods imported from the Arab world0.80text
textilesinstance ofborrowing designs from luxury goods imported from the Arab world0.80text
or illuminated manuscripts.Pseudo-Kufic inscription meaninginstance ofborrowing designs from luxury goods imported from the Arab world0.80text
Gentile da Fabrianoinstance ofbut was revived around 1420 with the work of painters0.80text
who was probably responding to artistic influence in Florenceinstance ofbut was revived around 1420 with the work of painters0.80text
or Masaccioinstance ofbut was revived around 1420 with the work of painters0.80text
who was influenced by Gentileinstance ofbut was revived around 1420 with the work of painters0.80text

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