Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0500516952
- EAN
- 9780500516959
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- Islamic Geometric Design
- Artist
- Broug, Eric
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
- Book Title
- Islamic Geometric Design
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Item Length
- 12.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Author
- Eric Broug
- Genre
- Design, Art, Architecture
- Topic
- Interior Design / General, Middle Eastern, Buildings / Religious, Decorative Arts
- Item Weight
- 69.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500516952
ISBN-13
9780500516959
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159849694
Product Key Features
Book Title
Islamic Geometric Design
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Interior Design / General, Middle Eastern, Buildings / Religious, Decorative Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Architecture
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
69.1 Oz
Item Length
12.9 in
Item Width
9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Uniquely comprehensive. . . . Clearly written so that a total understanding of the material is possible for specialist and novice alike., An exemplary and detailed practitioner account of Islamic pattern design. . . . the lush photographic images are accompanied by visualized formal analysis that gives the patterns conceptual depth. . . . Highly recommended., An extremely effective and thorough work on the geometric designs found throughout Islamic art and architecture and the process by which these designs were created. . . . Well written, well-thought-out, and extremely well-illustrated. Enthusiastically recommended.
Dewey Decimal
745.44917671
Synopsis
Broug shows how, over the centuries, craftsmen were able to adorn 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 breathtaking patterns. Chapters are devoted to each of the main families of geometric design–fourfold, fivefold, and sixfold–and to the complex combined patterns. Readers can follow the design processes by which these patterns were created and even learn to reproduce and invent geometric patterns for themselves. Broug’s original drawings accompany photographs of mosques, madrasas, palaces, and tombs from the Islamic world, ranging from North Africa to Iran and Uzbekistan, and from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries., Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvelous intricacy, yet they are seldom understood. In this handsomely illustrated volume, Eric Broug analyzes and explains these complex designs in their historical and physical context. Broug shows how, over the centuries, craftsmen were able to adorn 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 breathtaking patterns. Chapters are devoted to each of the main families of geometric design–fourfold, fivefold, and sixfold–and to the complex combined patterns. Readers can follow the design processes by which these patterns were created and even learn to reproduce and invent geometric patterns for themselves. Broug’s original drawings accompany photographs of mosques, madrasas, palaces, and tombs from the Islamic world, ranging from North Africa to Iran and Uzbekistan, and from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries., 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., Combines wide-ranging research with the author’s artistic skills to reveal the techniques used to create the patterns adorning buildings in the Islamic world
LC Classification Number
NK1270
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