ataurique

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English

Noun

ataurique (uncountable)

  1. The use in art or architecture of a repeating decorative motif consisting of a vegetal or floral pattern, especially as formerly practised in Islamic Spain and North Africa.
    • 1992, Jerrilynn D Dodds (Ed.), Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain, page 109:
      Completing the decoration are stylized ataurique motifs distinguished by asymmetrical leaves.
    • 2004, Robert Irwin, The Alhambra, Profile Books, published 2005, page 122:
      The profusion of ataurique throughout the palaces reminds us of their interdependence with the gardens that they frame or look out upon.