Pseudo-Kufic
Imitations of Arabic in European Middle Ages and Renaissance art / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque, also sometimes pseudo-Arabic,[1] is a style of decoration used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,[2] consisting of imitations of the Arabic Kufic script, or sometimes Arabic cursive script, made in a non-Arabic context: "Imitations of Arabic in European art are often described as pseudo-Kufic, borrowing the term for an Arabic script that emphasizes straight and angular strokes, and is most commonly used in Islamic architectural decoration".[3] Pseudo-Kufic appears especially often in Renaissance art in depictions of people from the Holy Land, particularly the Virgin Mary. It is an example of Islamic influences on Western art.