This is a famous mosque in Cordoba. Its artistic elements include the festive, alternating paint on the columns.
Fresco Secco. In the dry plaster or "fresco secco" technique, pigments are usually mixed with water, although other substances might also be used. The paint is then applied to a dry plaster wall which has been wetted down with water.
The Taj Mahal evokes a sense of the paradise described in the Quran