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arabesque [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. The arabesque in modern usage derives from a Renaissance design which was Greco-Roman in inspiration.

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arabesque an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally meaning ‘in the Arab style’.

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