‘Arabesque,” for anyone familiar with ballet, immediately denotes a dancer extending one leg behind and stretching the opposite arm forward, to create a suave, scrolling curve in the air. That the ...

"Arabesque is not only a cross-cultural motif, but a cross-artistic motif. It brings together different art forms, all of which have forms of arabesque in them," said Anne Leonard, the museum's Manton ...

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