COLOR USED TO CONTRAST AGAINST DULL LANDSCAPE / ENVIRONMENT COLOR GREEN IS ASSOCIATED WITH MUHAMMAD GREEN = FERTILITY & YOUTH
ANICONISM ABSENCE OF HUMAN FIGURES OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF IDOLS OR IMAGES ALLAH IS UNIQUE & CANNOT BE REPRESENTED EXCEPT BY HIS WORDS IN THE QURAN
GEOMETRIC DESIGNS COMPLEX DESIGNS EXIST EVERYWHERE REPRESENTS STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN ISLAM & MATHEMATICS SCIENCE & MATH = MUSLIMS’ GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
ARABESQUES DESIGN IN WHICH NATURAL FORMS SUCH AS STEMS, FLOWERS AND TREES ARE ARRANGED TO FORM INFINITE PATTERN ADOPTED BY EARLY MUSLIMS FROM ROMAN & BYZANTINE ART WAY TO DISSOLVE IMAGES & INDIVIDUALISM
CALLIGRAPHY MEANS “BEAUTIFUL WRITING” REPRESENTS SACRED WORDS OF ALLAH CONSIDERED HIGHEST ART FORM IN ISLAMIC WORLD