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MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE AND AURAL GEOMETRY IN THE ARAB-ISLAMIC TRADITION – TAASA Review June 2023

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This article was originally found in the June 2023 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 7).

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Samer Akkach I slamic visual arts in the Arab Islamic tradition are characterised by abstraction and geometrical aesthetics.

This can be seen in both form and surface design and is most visible in architecture.

To explain this preference for geometry, art historians have presented several theories, among which Islamic iconoclasm that reflects early Islam’s creedal prohibition of figurative representation of divinity is perhaps the most widely shared...