The early mosque served an equally important function that thousands of mosques continue to serve today: The mosque is a place where Muslims foster a collective identity through prayer and attend to their common concerns. ... The most important characteristic of a mosque is that it should be oriented toward Mecca.
Fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of post-impressionism by making their primary subject matter: Color. Fauvism
is a style of painting characterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes.
