A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. Researchers in the US have found 15th Century examples ...

A common feature of Islamic art is the covering of surfaces covered with geometric patterns. This use of geometry is thought to reflect the language of the universe and help the believer to ...

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.

Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long assumed that ...

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 ...

The complex geometrical designs used centuries ago in Islamic art and architecture were ... called quasi-crystals that seemed to break the geometric rules of atomic packing. The patterns in ...