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Perhaps the most characteristic arch type of western Islamic architecture generally is the so-called "Moorish" or "horseshoe" arch. This is an arch where the curves of the arch continue downward past the horizontal middle axis of the circle and begin to curve towards each other, rather than just forming a half circle.
Horseshoe arch. The horseshoe arch (Arabic: قوس حدوة الحصان; Spanish: arco de herradura), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is a type of arch in which the circular curve is continued below the horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span.
This is a list of preserved or partly-preserved Moorish architecture in Spain and Portugal from the period of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula (known as al-Andalus) from the 8th to 15th centuries. The list is organized by geographic location.
Perhaps the most characteristic arch type of Moroccan and western Islamic architecture generally is the so-called "Moorish" or "horseshoe" arch. This is an arch where the curves of the arch continue downward past the horizontal middle axis of the circle and begin to curve towards each other, rather than just being semi-circular (forming half a ...
The Moorish architecture of medieval Islamic Al-Andalus, on the Iberian Peninsula in present day Portugal and Spain, and in the Islamic-era Maghreb in North Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The "muqarnas arch" is both another name for this type of arch as well as a more specific type of arch whose intrados (inner surfaces) are made up of muqarnas sculpting, which has a very close resemblance to the lambrequin arch. [4] Some scholars speculate that the lambrequin arch was itself derived from the use of muqarnas in archways.
As another year draws to its end, nature has provided its usual spectacle from one season to another. PA news agency photographers have captured the changing colours of the UK as it passed from ...
Mixtilinear arch at the Cathedral Basilica of Zacatecas, Mexico. The mixtilinear arch (also mixed-line arch [1]) is a decorative (non-structural) arch with intrados consisting of rounded and straight segments connected at angles, its outline sometimes resembles a shaped gable.