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9780892818037

Islamic Patterns

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  • ISBN13:

    9780892818037

  • ISBN10:

    0892818034

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-08-01
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions
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Summary

An international authority shows how patterns found in Islamic art reveal the cosmological laws affecting all creation.

Author Biography

&nbsp; <p><b>Islamic Patterns</b> <br><i>An Analytical and Cosmological Approach</i> <p>Forword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr <br>Introduction <br>1. The Point of Departure <br>2. The Manifestation of Shape <br>3. Magic Squares <br>4. Pattern and Cosmology <br>5. The Pentagon <br>6. The Tetractys <br>7. The Mathematics of two-dimensional Space-filling <br>8. The Circle and Cosmic Rhythms <br>9. Specimen Islamic Patterns

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 6
Introductionp. 7
The Point of Departurep. 9
The Manifestation of Shapep. 24
Magic Squaresp. 42
Pattern and Cosmologyp. 57
The Pentagonp. 74
The Tetractysp. 104
The Mathematics of two-dimensional Space-fillingp. 117
The Circle and Cosmic Rhythmsp. 150
Specimen Islamic Patternsp. 172
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