Geometric concepts in islamic art /
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London :
World of Islam Festival Publishing Company,
c1976
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- Chapter I. Man and measure. 1. Historical background
- 2. Measuring and dividing dimensions
- 3. The organization of space
- 4. Proportion
- Chapter II. Geometric patterns in islamic design. 1. The concept of the repeat unit
- 2. The square an the root two system of proportion
- 3. The hexagon and the root three system of proportion
- 4. The pentagon and the golden ratio
- 5. Patterns based on the double hexagon
- 6. Artistic creativity and the geometric method of design
- Chapter III. Architecture. 1. Tracing islamic methods to a possible origin
- 2. Analyses of ancient egyptian monuments
- 3. Building according to the "divine order of the universe"
- 4. Islamic concepts in architecture
- 5. Planning
- Chapter IV. Arabic calligraphy
- Chapter V. The circles of "Arud" in arabic poetry
- Chapter VI. Music in the muslim world
- Chapter VII. Analyses of patterns in the applied arts.