03454nam a2200409Ia 4500 pucpr 20260604135344.0 950315s1993 enka b 00110 eng d 9781873938454 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda spa CARIBET N6260 E4 1993 N6260 E4 1993 El-Said, Issam. 220397 Islamic art and architecture : the system of geometric design. / Issam El-Said ; edited by Tarek El-Bouri & Keith Critchlow ; general editor, Salma Samar Damluji. txt System of geometric design First Edition United Kingdom : Garnet , 1993. 135 p. ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Index Includes bibliographical references (p. 134) and index. Contents: Preface 6 -- Foreword 8 -- Editors’ Introduction 10 -- I. Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art -- Introduction 14 -- Geometric Patterns based on the Square Repeat Unit and the Root Two Systems of Proportion -- The construction of the square repeat unit and the division of the circle into four, or multiples of four, equal parts 16 -- Determining the size of the square repeat unit 17 -- The grid patterns that underlie the root two system of proportion 19 -- Expressing the grid patterns in terms of a selected square module 20 -- Generating the grid patterns using numbers 22 -- Mathematical or numerical rationalization of the root two system of proportion 24 -- Graphical analyses of geometric patterns based on the root two system of proportion 30 -- Geometric Patterns based on the Hexagonal Repeat Unit and the Root Three System of Proportion -- The construction of the hexagonal repeat unit and the division of the circle into three, or multiples of three, equal parts 56 -- Determining the size of the hexagonal repeat unit 58 -- The gird-patterns that underlie the root three system of proportion and their measure 60 -- Mathematical or numerical rationalization of the root three system of proportion 66 -- Graphical analyses of geometric patterns based on the root three system of proportion 69 -- Geometric Patterns based on the Double Hexagon System of Proportion -- The grid patterns that underlie the double hexagon system of proportion 88 -- Graphical analyses of geometric patterns based on the double hexagon system of proportion 89 -- Notes 113 -- II Man and Measure -- Historical Background 116 -- Numerals and Arithmetic 117 -- Measuring and Dividing Dimensions -- a. Using the Circle 121 -- b. Using Square 124 -- Geometry and Irrational Numbers 128 -- The Remen and the Royal Cubit 130 -- The Grid Pattern 132 -- Notes 133 -- Bibliography 134 -- Index 135 -- Paul & Co., Jun/06/1995. Islamic art. 238901 Local Art, Islamic. 54927 Decoration and ornament, Architectural Islamic countries. 84992 Local Islamic architecture 116242 Local Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) Islamic countries. 268719 Local El-Bouri, Tarek. 220059 Damlūji, Salmá Samar. 215333 Critchlow, Keith. 82237 lcc 6 First Edition N6260 General E4 1993 221670 221670 0 0 lcc 0 0 beal 4 4 33 2016-05-27 amazon 39.01 464445 0 General N6260 E4 1993 91000000018051 2024-10-17 17:32:27 1 49.01 2016-05-27 6