Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological Approach - Softcover

Critchlow, Keith

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9780500270714: Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological Approach
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500270716 ISBN 13: 9780500270714
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1983

Synopsis

A philosophical and interpretive analysis of the geometrical patterns of Islamic art, explaining their inseparability from mystical mathematics and, with the aid of nearly two hundred drawings, their reflection of the cosmological laws affecting all creation

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About the Author

Keith Critchlow is Director of Research and Director of Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts at the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture. An internationally known lecturer on Islamic art, he is the author of Pythagorean Geometry. He lives in England.

Review

"A masterly exposition of Islamic pattern and the underlying cosmological principles." (Art Review)

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Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0500270716
ISBN 13 
9780500270714
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192
Rating
  • 4.18 out of 5 stars
    103 ratings by Goodreads

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