Islamic Geometric Patterns: Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction
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Jay Bonner
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Islamic Geometric Patterns: Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction
Islamic Geometric Patterns explores how Islamic artists and architectural designers developed geometric ornament over many centuries. This is a digital book in PDF format, available as an instant download after purchase.
The text combines historical development with an emphasis on design methodology. You will find discussion of how geometric patterns can be extracted from underlying polygonal tessellations, along with attention to the diversity of pattern types and construction approaches.
Included within the volume is a chapter on the use of computer algorithms to generate Islamic geometric patterns.
Book Overview
Islamic Geometric Patterns: Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction by Jay Bonner presents a chronological and analytical approach to Islamic geometric design. The work emphasizes both developmental history and methodological practices, including the polygonal technique as a key design methodology.
The book also describes how Islamic geometric patterns function as architectural ornament and in other artistic contexts, and it addresses scholarship gaps related to historical development and design methodology. A foreword by Sir Roger Penrose highlights the geometric character of these designs and the role of exact periodicity in pattern construction.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- How Islamic geometric patterns develop over time, from early manifestations to full maturity.
- The polygonal technique and how patterns can be extracted from underlying polygonal tessellations.
- Categories of repetitive stratagems, including square-based structures and additional repeat forms.
- Discussion of how local symmetry can be incorporated into overall repetitive structures.
- A chapter focusing on computer algorithms used to generate Islamic geometric patterns.
Why This Book Matters
Islamic geometric patterns are closely tied to geometry as a visual and methodological practice. This book brings together historical context and design methodology, aiming to support readers interested in understanding how these patterns were constructed.
The volume also responds to a stated need for a more comprehensive approach to categorizing pattern diversity. By focusing on methods, it addresses the loss of methodological knowledge that can limit contemporary reuse of these design processes.
Book Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| File Size | 91.0 MB |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 616 |
| Title | Islamic Geometric Patterns |
| Subtitle | Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction |
| Foreword | Foreword by Sir Roger Penrose |
| Chapter | with a chapter on the use of computer algorithms to generate Islamic geometric patterns by Craig Kaplan |
| Publisher/Imprint | Bonner Design Consultancy, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| Contributions | With contributions by Craig Kaplan (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4419-0216-0 |
| eBook ISBN-13 | 978-1-4419-0217-7 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4419-0217-7 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 2017936979 |
| Cover photograph | The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: CBL Is 1431, ff. 7b-8a |
| Printed on acid-free paper | Printed on acid-free paper |
| Springer imprint note | This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature |
| Company address | 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, U.S.A. |
| Contributors acknowledged | Chapter 4 is published with kind permission of Craig Kaplan 2017. All Rights Reserved. |
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If you are looking for a structured study of Islamic geometric patterns and their construction methods, this PDF provides a detailed, reference-ready reading experience.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Page count | 616 |
|---|---|
| File type | |
| File size | 91.0 MB (95428248 bytes) |
| PDF title (metadata) | Islamic Geometric Patterns |
| Chapter on computer algorithms | with a chapter on the use of computer algorithms to generate Islamic geometric patterns by Craig Kaplan |
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