The main focus of this unique book is an in-depth examination of the polygonal technique; the primary method used by master artists of the past in creating Islamic geometric patterns. The author ...

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 history, Islamic geometric patterns and arabesque designs have moved west, influencing everything from art to jewelry to home goods.

Islamic geometric patterns and architecture represent a profound synthesis of mathematical precision and artistic expression inherent in centuries of cultural heritage.

The surviving patterns show no evidence of the geometric distortions that would be characteristic of using a compass and straightedge.

And Arab artists from the eighth to 10th centuries combined both impulses as they began designing ever more elaborate geometric patterns.

TEHRAN – The Islamic Azad University, Kerman branch, turned the spotlight on geometric patterns and designs in Islamic art during a two-day seminar held on December 4 and 5.

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 ...