Islamic Design: A Mathematical Approach

£119.50

Islamic Design: A Mathematical Approach

Social and cultural history Geometry

Authors: Brian Wichmann, David Wade

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Collection: Mathematics and the Built Environment

Language: English

Published by: Birkhauser

Published on: 2nd May 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 17 Mb

ISBN: 9783319699776


Overview of Islamic Geometric Design

This book deals with the genre of geometric design in the Islamic sphere. Part I presents an overview of Islamic history, its extraordinary spread from the Atlantic to the borders of China in its first century, its adoption of the cultural outlook of the older civilisations that it conquered (in the Middle East, Persia and Central Asia), including their philosophical and scientific achievements - from which it came to express its own unique and highly distinctive artistic and architectural forms.

Mathematical Analysis

Part II represents the mathematical analysis of Islamic geometric designs. The presentation offers unlimited precision that allows software to reconstruct the design vision of the original artist.

Intended Audience

This book will be of interest to Islamic academics, mathematicians as well as to artists & art students.

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