Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing to various influences. One such impression came from the likes of Greek mathematicians along with Persian and ...

Therefore, the concept based on drawing could be limited and the concept of using parametric function could offer an infinity of possibilities for creating Islamic geometric patterns." Prof.

Examining the geometric patterns that characterize so much of Islamic art can provide students with important insights into the technology, scientific knowledge, and religious beliefs of Muslims.

However, for all its extraordinary diversity, there are four broad artistic themes that transcend place and time to be consciously recognizable as Islamic: Vegetative patterns, geometric patterns ...

Jay Bonner’s new book on Islamic geometric patterns is as dense and thick (595 pages) as the thorniest of textbooks, but the hundreds of illustrations and the immersion in this topic are simply ...

Throughout the centuries, Islamic geometric patterns and arabesque (Islimi) designs—otherwise known as biomorphic, floral patterns—have moved from east to west. These patterns have been built ...

A researcher in the US reports to have found the first examples of perfect quasicrystal patterns in Islamic architecture. Her upcoming paper also describes how the designers were creating these ...

Medieval Islamic designers used elaborate geometrical tiling patterns at least 500 years before Western mathematicians developed the concept. The geometric design, called “girih”, was widely ...

And Arab artists from the eighth to 10th centuries combined both impulses as they began designing ever more elaborate geometric patterns. Richard Henry, a respected teacher in the field ...

Defined by a wavy roof inspired by desert dunes and traditional Islamic geometric patterns, the Zayed International Airport, Terminal A recently opened for business. The huge building ...