Adapting Muwajjah Vector Analysis: Prominent Feature in Islamic Art
Muwajjah is an Arabic word meaning front page which can be seen in Quran as a decoration chosen from the Islamic art museum. There are various types of Quran from different countries such as from Iran, Turkey, and India that are embedded with certain infl
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Abstract Muwajjah is an Arabic word meaning front page which can be seen in Quran as a decoration chosen from the Islamic art museum. There are various types of Quran from different countries such as from Iran, Turkey, and India that are embedded with certain influences. This chapter discusses Muwajjah layout design from the Safavid collection using Adobe Illustrator by tracing the layout design pattern. The methodology of this research starts from overviewing the related literature reviews on Islamic art and the Muwajjah pattern using Adobe Illustrator. The discussion is supported with other relevant information through observation and visual analysis of the samples gathered that were captured with digital camera. The finding demonstrates how Safavid Muwajjah layout design was represented through the types of motif and the arrangement of pattern. Thus, the decorations represent the ownership of design and identity of Muwajjah from Safavid. Keywords Muwajjah
Islamic art Tracing Adobe illustrator
1 Introduction Muwajjah is a decoration that can be found in Quran which is drawn with full ornament and the idea of perfection {kamâl) as an aesthetic value has a significant importance in Quran [1]. The word of Muwajjah [2] is derived from Arabic words R.M. Hussain (&) R. Legino R. Anwar M.F. Kamaruzaman Formgiving Design Research Group, Humanities Design and Creativity, Community of Research, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected] R. Legino e-mail: [email protected] R. Anwar e-mail: [email protected] M.F. Kamaruzaman e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 S.Z. Abidin et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (i-CADER 2015), DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0237-3_53
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defined as front page and usually decorate the verse of Al Fatehah. There are certain influences in Quran in the Islamic Art Museum such as from Iran, Turkey, and India embedded with their own culture. Because of the flexibility of Arabic letter forms and the apparent desire of early Muslims to distinguish their culture from those of the people they dominated and from the beginning of the Islamic era, the decorative properties of Arabic script were appreciated and exploited [3]. This study focuses on Safavid Quran in the Islamic Art Museum which has the highest of artistic works in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries [4] and contains the most magnificently decorated shamseh which means sun in Arabic [5]. The objectives of this research are to study the decoration in Safavid Quran and to identify the layout design using Adobe Illustrator. Figure 1 shows the examples of Quran from Safavid collections. Furthermore, Muwajjah design may be comparable with other Islamic art such as geometric and calligraphy which have their own design pattern. Understanding what Islamic art is by understanding the essence of Islam [6] and balance between
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