Geometric concepts in Islamic art / Issam El-Said and Ayșe Parman ; foreword by Titus Burckhardt.

Main entry:

El-Said, Issam.

Title & Author:

Geometric concepts in Islamic art / Issam El-Said and Ayșe Parman ; foreword by Titus Burckhardt.

Publication:

London : World of Islam Festival Publishing Company Ltd, 1976.

Description:

xi, 154 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Series:

World of Islam Festival illustrated series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 154).
Man and measure -- Geometric patterns in Islamic design -- Architecture -- Arabic calligraphy -- The circles of 'Arūd in Arabic poetry -- Music in the Muslim world -- Analyses of patterns in the applied arts.
Also issued online.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Summary:

Studies abstract patterns and concepts of design used in Islamic art and architecture, employing analytical diagrams to detail the conception, design, and construction of patterns through a geometric system.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0905035038
9780905035031

Subject:

Arts Mathematics.
Islamic arts.
Arts Mathématiques.
Arts islamiques.
Geometrie
Islamische Kunst
Islamic geometrical designs

Added entries:

Parman, Ayşe, author.
World of Islam Festival illustrated series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74337
Call No.: 0000532
Status: Available

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