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    arabesque
    (from the article `ballet position`) In addition to the five fundamental positions of the feet, there are two major body positions in classical ballet. The arabesque is a body position ...
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    arabesque
    style of decoration characterized by intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. Derived from the work of Hellenistic craftsmen working in ... [2 related articles]
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    arabesque
    in literature, a contrived intricate pattern of verbal expression, so called by analogy with a decorative style in which flower, fruit, and sometimes ...
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    arabesque
    arabesque 1. In ballet, a ballet position in which the dancer stands on one leg with the other extended back and both arms stretched out, usually one forward and the other backward. 2. An intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves, geometric patterns, leaves, flowers, and animal sh...
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    Arabesque
    In architecture, arabesque describes an Arabic style of ornamentation (hence the name meaning Arab-like) in which are represented men, animals (mythical and actual), plants, with leaves, flowers and fruit; mathematical figures etc the whole put together in a whimsical way, so that, for instance, the...
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    Arabesque
    [classical music] The arabesque is a type of music generally for piano, which uses melodies to create the atmosphere of Arabic architecture. == Etymology == The word "arabesque" is derived from Western ideas of Arabic music, which were highly embellished. In actuality, arabesques and Arab mu...
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    Arabesque
    [gay film] Arabesque is a 2005 gay pornographic film released by Raging Stallion Studios. The film stars Raging Stallion exclusive models Huessein, François Sagat, Manuel Torres, Sarib, Ivan Andros, Joey Milano and J.C. In March 2006 it was nominated for 9 GayVN Awards of which it won 2 (be...
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    Arabesque
    [film] ==Plot== Professor David Pollock (Peck) is an expert in ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University. A Middle Eastern Prime Minister convinces Pollock to infiltrate the organization of a man named Beshraavi (Alan Badel), who is involved in a plot against the Prime Minister. The nature ...
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    Arabesque
    [Turkish music] Arabesque or Arabesk (Arabesk) is a term created by Turkish musicologists for an Arabic style of music created in Turkey. The genre was particularly popular in Turkey in the decades from the 1960s through the 1990s. As with Arabic music itself, its aesthetics have evolved ove...
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    Arabesque
    [group] Arabesque started as an all-girl trio at the height of the European disco era in 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany. After the first album, the band lineup was changed by keeping only the original member Michaela Rose and replacing the two other girls with new members Jasmin Vetter and Sandr...
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    Arabesque
    [Islamic art] The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Within the very wide range of Eurasian decorative art that inc...
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    Arabesque
    Surface decoration of scrolling, and intertwining foliage, tendrils and scrolls. Thought to be of Moorish influence, it became popular in northern Europe in the middle of the 16thC reaching England in the second half of the century and becoming popular in the decorative arts.
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    arabesque
    arabesque (ărubesk') [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. The arabesque in modern usage derives from a Renaissance design which was Greco-Roman in inspiration.
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