Kashi is a traditional form of this art, as opposed to another form that uses a plaster base and was known as zellige.
Bourgoin attempted to catalogue this ancient art form, whose girih form is broken into sections by lines.  Kashi is a traditional form of this art, as opposed to another form that uses a plaster base and was known as zellige. In an example of this art form, the text of a prayer in gold against a (*) blue background runs around a building's interior. Eight-pointed stars were a common motif in these things, which decorate the Comares Palace and the walls around the fountain in the Court of the Lions. The Alhambra and the Dome of the Rock feature Islamic examples of this art form, in which, since they didn't feature human images, plant-like patterns and geometric tessellations were common. For 10 points, name this art form created by putting together small tiles to form an image.
Bourgoin attempted to catalogue this ancient art form, whose girih form is broken into sections by lines.  
mosaics