335 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 23 Oct 2023 \ on: Stacker Saloon
Sharing one of the most beautiful mosques I have seen, I don't understand how people in the past built this, the attention to details just wow.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Michelson_Morley 24 Oct 2023
One of the greatest contributions of muslim society, the art and mathematics of Girih, and their description in the Topkapı Scroll.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @locomancell 23 Oct 2023
Imagine how much it would cost to build one of these nowadays!
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 23 Oct 2023
But aren't they printing money out of thin air? 😆
I think what makes it really hard to build more nowsdays is 1. having masters who still have the skills, patience and taste to build, and 2. people appreciate the aesthetic and beauty instead of how much profit the building can generate.
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