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(13th-century** [ce] Seljuk Anatolia:)

‘The exuberance of Anatolian architectural decoration can perhaps best be demonstrated in the facades of as Gok Medrese and of Konya’s Ince Minare.*** In addition to the traditional geometric, epigraphic, and vegetal motifs, a decorative sculpture in the round or in high relief was created that included many representations of human figures and especially animals.**** Whether this sculpture is essentially a reflection of the decorative wealth of pre-Islamic monuments in Anatolia, or whether it is the vestige of a pagan Turkish art that originated in Central Asia, is still an unsolved problem.’

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*[Ref [Redbook9:132][19910420:0953g]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Early and Middle Periods of Islamic Art [continued (6)]}[20th April 1991]]

**2048J~1280CE

***[sic – a minaret]

****{cf VIII:[[Redbook8:166-167*][19901231:1301d]{Geometric Pottery}[31st December 1990](&ant)] 166,

{[[Redbook9:236-237][19910501:0800#]{The Nature of the Romans}[1st May 1991]],] 236},

parallel development in Ancient Greek (Geometric Style) c[irca] 800BCEff

(2048J~768BCE)

(quoting E[ncyclopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 1:113

# – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 89

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