Definition of "arabesques" []

• Plural form of arabesque. (noun)

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• "A very rare pair of 12th-13th-century carved wooden doors decorated with traditional calligraphy and a complex pattern of geometric forms and arabesques is expected to fetch £ 700,000 - £ 900,000."
• "Kley's glaze paintings vaguely recalls arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--when she really presents us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, and identity for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic, if resurrected, beauty."
• "Similarly, Kley's glaze paintings recall arabesques, organic vignettes, manuscript illuminations--though her most significant accomplishment is presenting us a richly variegated cross-culturalism that blurs history, lineage, global politics and identities for a generation of global, aesthete-nomads in pursuit of an eclectic and mutable, if resurrected, beauty."