Diverse Islamic Geometric Design Fachbücher

Islamische geometrische Designs werden weltweit für ihre Schönheit und wunderbare Komplexität bewundert, doch selten verstanden. Ihre Komplexität und Kunstfertigkeit scheinen fast über die Fähigkeiten menschlichen Einfallsreichtums hinauszugehen. In diesem ansprechend illustrierten Band analysiert und erklärt der Künstler und Lehrer Eric Broug diese komplexen Designs im historischen und physischen Kontext. Seine originalen Zeichnungen begleiten prächtige Fotografien von Moscheen, Madrasas, Palästen und Gräbern aus der islamischen Welt, die sich von Nordafrika bis Iran und Usbekistan erstrecken und aus dem 8. bis 19. Jahrhundert stammen. Kapitel sind jeder der Hauptfamilien geometrischer Designs gewidmet: vierfache, fünfache und sechsache sowie den komplexen kombinierten Mustern. Jedes Design wird sorgfältig erklärt und mit einer Fülle von atemberaubenden Fotografien und klaren, akribisch detaillierten Zeichnungen illustriert. Die Leser können den Designprozessen folgen, durch die diese Muster entstanden sind, und sogar lernen, geometrische Muster selbst zu reproduzieren und zu erfinden, indem sie die gleichen Werkzeuge wie die islamischen Handwerker der Vergangenheit verwenden: ein Lineal und einen Zirkel.

Thames & Hudson

Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvellous intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood. Indeed, their complexity and artistry 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 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. 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.

Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvellous intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood. Indeed, their complexity and artistry 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 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. 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.