MUQARNAS : a three-dimentional decoration of Islam architecture

The MUQARNAS is a three dimentional decoration of Islam architecture. From time immemorial the beauty of MUQARNAS was related by travellers and writers, but descriptions of it were brief introductions, so it's birth and detail design were not detailed.

I have gathered 450 MUQARNAS which range from complicated brick works such as squincharch and starbalt found in Persia in the 10th centurt to Stalactites designed by Gaudy in Balthelona at the end of 19th century. Then I have compared and classified them by making ceiling drawing.

  thanks to Speckled paint