Arabesque is a stylistic artistic figure in oriental and Islamic art, which represents a system of repeated geometric figures, which contain elements of flora and fauna, since the depiction of the human body is forbidden in Islam, and sayings and quotations from the Koran often appear. Arabesques were created in Islamic art at the beginning of the 7th century in the territory of present-day Syria, and during the 18th and 19th centuries they reached Western Europe.

The Arabs overthrew Byzantium in the areas of today’s Syria, Iraq, Iran and Egypt and established their first capital in Damascus, where Islamic art appeared for the first time. Byzantine architecture also influenced arabesques.

The shapes varied from flora, fauna and geometric shapes, and European art, especially in the areas of Germany and the Netherlands, added more motifs of heads and masks.

Arabesques are used as decorations in carpeting, architecture, as well as on various decorative objects for use (ceramic vessels, glass and metal objects, clothing and jewelry). In architecture, arabesques were mostly used to decorate the walls of mosques, both inside and outside.

As for the use of arabesques in handwriting, it most often occurs in the form of connecting the stylized forms of arabesques with the calligraphy of the Arabic script.