“Geometric Power” — The Aesthetic Logic of Zellige

DOI

10.2991/icadce-18.2018.18How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Zellige; Morocco; Maghrib; Islam; Mediterranean; ceramics; mosaic; architecture; geometric; arts and crafts

Abstract

Zellige is a specific Moroccan ceramic mosaic, normally in geometric design. It is not only the decorative feature of Islamic Moroccan buildings, but also the peak of the building decoration worldwide. Since almost all the literatures on the world history of arts and craft and of building have overlooked the art in North Africa consciously or unconsciously, the author intends to find out the origin and the aesthetic appreciation of Zellige through the field trip and research. The author realizes that the research on Zellige requires the background and difficulty analysis on the mixed culture of Islam and Morocco. For this, the author accepted professional Zellige geometric training in the institute of Zellige in Tetuan of Morocco. As the research goes further, we can take the history of European, Asian and African culture and civilization and Islamic geometric aesthetics as the cultural background for the research. Then, we can turn to specific Moroccan Islamic architecture, Madesa, and mosque as the physical background of the research. Finally, we turn back to the research of the Zellige itself. By this research idea and the analysis on the first-hand material on Morocco, the author can complete this paper through relative studies, such as historical information, religious culture, architecture art, ceramic material, comparative culture, etc.

Copyright

© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Guanghui Chen
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - “Geometric Power” — The Aesthetic Logic of Zellige
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 93
EP  - 96
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icadce-18.2018.18
DO  - 10.2991/icadce-18.2018.18
ID  - Chen2018/07
ER  -