ISBN10: 0500516952, ISBN13: 9780500516959, [publisher: Thames & Hudson] Hardcover Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations - can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered.
[Spokane, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]

Thames & Hudson 2013 Hardcover Good Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 0500516952, ISBN13: 9780500516959, [publisher: Thames & Hudson, London] Hardcover Hardcover. 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 intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood. In this volume, the author analyses and explains these complex designs in their historical and physical context. Shipping may be from ...
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ISBN10: 0500516952, ISBN13: 9780500516959, [publisher: Thames and Hudson 2013-10-07] Hardcover
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 0500516952, ISBN13: 9780500516959, [publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]
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