The meaning of Arabesque

Arabesque is an element of Islamic art usually found decorating the walls of mosques, the arabesque is an elaborative application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals. The choice of which geometric forms are to be used and how they are to be formatted is based upon the Islamic view of the world. To Muslims these forms taken together, constitute an infinite pattern that extends beyond the visible material world. To many in the Islamic world they in fact symbolize the infinite and therefore uncentralized nature of the creation of the one God ,furthermore the Islamic Arabesque artist conveys a definite spirituality without the iconography.The word Arabesque is derived from latin meaning of Arabic design .