SYMBOL IN PLANT ORNAMENTAL To ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

The problem of the research was a fundamental question: (What is the symbol of plant ornamental to Islamic architecture?), And the goal of the research is to uncover the symbol of the plant ornamental to Islamic architecture, which is employed in ornamental designs in the exterior and interior facades of the Islamic architecture of Iraq, Turkey and Andalusia. Al-Hamra Palace in Granada). The theoretical framework of the research included the following subjects: The first is a brief overview of the plant ornamental in Islamic art, and the second is the concept of the symbol in vegetal ornamental. The researcher obtained from the theoretical framework the indicators adopted in the design of the research tool, Samples, and the researcher relied on the analytical descriptive approach in order to reach the results of her research. The samples were selected intentionally. The number of samples reached (4) samples. The most important results were obtained. The most important results were the variety of ornamental items in their simple, A single of the type (goblet) and a double of the two types of ornamental (goblet - floral) and the use of a new ornamental according to the form of an innovative form of ornamental vocabulary on the basis of concave and bend in ripples of grapes and five leaves and other vocabulary attached to the ornamental of plants are ornamental elements and The ornamental formations are varied in the organizational style of the repetitive movement