
but I think some sects believe that any literal represenation of anything that appears in nature should be forbidden.
The Palace of the Alhambra is stunningly decorated but there wasn't one actual 'picture' of anything that I could see. It's all intricate geometric patterns and highly stylized writing.
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The Palace of the Alhambra is stunningly decorated but there wasn't one actual 'picture' of anything that I could see. It's all intricate geometric patterns and highly stylized writing.

They loved art and beauty and nature but they couldn't draw a flower.
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those old palaces and mosques are utterly beautiful. the Shah Mosque in Isfahan was jawdropping
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