Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty
and marvellous intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood.
Indeed, their complexity and artistry can seem almost beyond the
powers of human ingenuity. In this handsomely illustrated volume,
artist and teacher Eric Broug analyses and explains these complex
designs in their historical and physical context. His own original
drawings accompany magnificent photographs of mosques, madrasas,
palaces and tombs from the Islamic world, ranging from North Africa
to Iran and Uzbekistan, and from the 8th to the 19th centuries.
Chapters are devoted to each of the main 'families' of geometric
design - fourfold, fivefold and sixfold - and to the complex
'combined' patterns. Every design is carefully explained, and
illustrated with a wealth of stunning photographs and clear,
meticulously detailed drawings. Readers can follow the design
processes by which these patterns were created and even learn to
reproduce and invent geometric patterns for themselves, using
exactly the same tools as the Islamic craftsmen of old: a ruler and
a pair of compasses.
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