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Islamic Geometric Design by Eric Broug (Hardcover, 2013)
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ISBN-13: 9780500516959, 978-0500516959. Indeed, their complexity and artistry can seem almost beyond the powers of human ingenuity. Format: Hardback.
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The beauty of Islamic geometric designs, and the breathtaking skill of the craftsmen who created them, are admired the world over. The intricacy and artistry of the patterns can seem almost beyond the powers of human ingenuity. In this handsomely illustrated volume, artist and teacher Eric Broug analyses and explains these complex designs for the first time in their historical and physical context. His own original drawings accompany magnificent photographs of mosques, madrasas, palaces and tombs from the Islamic world, ranging from North Africa to Iran and Uzbekistan, and from the 8th to the 19th centuries. The creators of these patterns were usually anonymous and there is little evidence for their working practices, but a close and detailed study of the designs can tell us much. Combining wide-ranging empirical research with his own artistic skills and sensibility, Eric Broug shows how, over the centuries, craftsmen were able to adorn beautiful buildings with wonderful geometric patterns using the simplest of tools and without recourse to mathematical calculations. Design elements created from straight lines and circles were placed in grids and then repeated and varied to generate seemingly limitless arrays of dazzling patterns. Chapters are devoted to each of the main 'families' of geometric design - fourfold, fivefold and sixfold - and to the complex 'combined' patterns. Every design is carefully explained, and illustrated with a wealth of stunning photographs and clear, meticulously detailed drawings. Readers can follow the design processes by which these patterns were created and even learn to reproduce and invent geometric patterns for themselves, using exactly the same tools as the Islamic craftsmen of old: a ruler and a pair of compasses.Product Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson LTD
ISBN-139780500516959
eBay Product ID (ePID)176304907
Product Key Features
Book TitleIslamic Geometric Design
AuthorEric Broug
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height320mm
Item Width240mm
Item Weight1960g
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Title_AuthorEric Broug
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 02 Dec, 2020
A must have guide to Islamic Geometry.
Really good quality hardback book with excellent quality photos and good instructions on creating some designs.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Feb, 2020
Does what it says in the title
Mostly, I just liked it that I've seen most of the places pictured!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 10 Mar, 2021
Graphic design à l'arabe
Math and art, all in one -- very informativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
