MUQARNAS: Ungkapan Keagungan Nilai Islam dalam Karya Arsitektur
Abstract
Muqarnas is the Arabic word for stalactite vault, a three-dimensional decoration element in Islamic architecture. Inspired by honey comb, this kind of architectural ornament has been developed to the highest form of aesthetics and complexity. Its uniqueness is laid on its geometrical composition, which is transformed from thousands of cells, tiers and intermediate elements.Inspite of its amazing geometrical composition, there are some values and meanings that consist in muqarnas. Infinitive design of muqarnas is mostly based on human’s awareness of God’s infinite highness and strength. Furthermore, it shows us that Allah’s creation such as honey combs, that is often being underestimated by human, contain huge of knowledge and complicated calculations. These kind of awareness and wisdoms are yielded by artists and architects in the past, who had never detached science from Islam, as the way of life.
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