Islamic Art and Architecture: The System of Geometric Design

Islamic Art and Architecture: The System of Geometric Design

Issam El-Said

Edited by Tarek El-Bouri & Keith Critchlow; general editor, Salma Samar Damluji

I, Geometric patterns in Islamic art: Geometric patterns based on the square repeat unit and the root two system of proportion -- Geometric patterns based on the hexagonal repeat unit and the root three system of proportion -- Geometric patterns based on the double hexagon system of proportion -- II, Man and measure: Historical background -- Numerals and arithmetic -- Measuring and dividing dimensions -- Geometry and irrational numbers -- The remen and the royal cubit -- The grid-pattern.

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