Geometric Concepts in Islamic ArtMan and his measure - Geometric patterns in Islamic design - Architecture - Designs. |
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8th/14th century A. O. Remeyes achieved Albert Museum alif analysis Ancient Egyptian Antony Hutt Arabic music Arabic poetry arc cutting artistic Badawy basic Bisect centre circle circumference classical Arabic construction cursive scripts decagon decorative developed diagonal dimension equal Figure 81b forms geometric method geometric patterns Golden Ratio golden rectangles grid lines hexagon hexagonal repeat hexagonal star Ibn Muqlah Ikhwan al-Şafa Iran irrational numbers Islamic art Issam El-Said Kharraqan Kufic letters Madrasah magām maqām master grid measure metre mizān Mosque musical beats Muslim world naskh scripts octagonal star Öljeitü Osiris Osiris triangle pentagon Photograph by Antony Photograph by Robert Plate point-joining method Quran repeat pattern repeat unit rhythmic pattern rhythmic units Robert Harding Associates rope-stretchers sides silent sign square repeat unit straight lines sub-units subdivision Sultan Ahmed Mosque system of proportioning Ta'liq Tafi'lah temple Thuluth Tomb towers Turkey Victoria and Albert vowels