ISBN10: 0892363355, ISBN13: 9780892363353, [publisher: The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica, CA] Hardcover Black cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt text and blind stamping. Boards show some edgewear. Corners are bumped. Spine has gilt text and is bright with firm ends. Binding is tight. Black end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have a little soil at foot edge. See photos. Illustrated DJ has some edgewear, scratches, tiny chips at head and corners, bumping along foot. See photos.** PS2024.0411** 395 pages. 13.25 x 11 inches** A very good copy of this study on Islamic geometry and architecture that includes facsimile images of the Timurid pattern scroll in the Topkapi Palace Museum. The book sheds light on architectural design in the Islamic world from the 10th-16th centuries, and compares the understanding of geometry in the Islamic and medieval Western worlds. (Jacket flap)** First publication in the Getty series Sketchbooks and Albums.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009945"**
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Santa Monica: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Date: 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Large Oblong Quarto. 395 (2)pp. Original black cloth with blind-stamped design on cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Black endpapers. With an essay on the geometry of the Muqarnas by Mohammad al-Asad. Important publication on the Topkapi Scroll, the springboard for this extensive scholarly treatment of Islamic patterns in architecture. "The scarcity of information about architectural drafting methods in the Islamic world, which are often assumed to have been nonexistent, adds to the significance of the Topkapi scroll, the earliest known document of its kind." (Preface). In this elaborate analysis of the scroll in five parts, the scroll tradition, the discourse on the geometric "Arabesque," , the geographical, chronological, and semantic horizons of the geometric mode, geometry as well as the contribution of mathematical science, and finally, geometry and aesthetic theory are examined. With an additional essay on the geometry of Muqarnas, the archetypal form of Islamic architecture, by Mohammad al-Asad. Illustrated with one hundred and fourteen color illustrations, a reproduction of the scroll at 50% of its actual size, and numerous b/w photographs, designs and manuscripts throughout. With minor wear along edges of jacket and binding. Book block in fine condit ...

ISBN10: 0892363355, ISBN13: 9780892363353, [publisher: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica] Hardcover First Edition Large Oblong Quarto. 395 (2)pp. Original black cloth with blind-stamped design on cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Black endpapers. With an essay on the geometry of the Muqarnas by Mohammad al-Asad. Important publication on the Topkapi Scroll, the springboard for this extensive scholarly treatment of Islamic patterns in architecture. "The scarcity of information about architectural drafting methods in the Islamic world, which are often assumed to have been nonexistent, adds to the significance of the Topkapi scroll, the earliest known document of its kind." (Preface). In this elaborate analysis of the scroll in five parts, the scroll tradition, the discourse on the geometric "Arabesque," , the geographical, chronological, and semantic horizons of the geometric mode, geometry as well as the contribution of mathematical science, and finally, geometry and aesthetic theory are examined. With an additional essay on the geometry of Muqarnas, the archetypal form of Islamic architecture, by Mohammad al-Asad. Illustrated with one hundred and fourteen color illustrations, a reproduction of the scroll at 50% of its actual size, and numerous b/w photographs, designs and manuscripts throughout. With minor wear along edges of jacket an ...

Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995. 59 color plates reproduce at half size the 114 patterns of the entire scroll from late 15th-to-16th-century Iran. In addition, there are scores of illustrations and diagrams in black and white. 395 pp. Black cloth with blind-stamped black-on-black decoration and gilt titling. 28.5 x 33.5 cm & 5t cm thick (oversquare). Dustjacket. ISBN 0-89236-335-5. The five sections are: "The scroll tradition"; "The discourse on the geometric 'arabesque'"; "The geographical, chronological, and semantic horizons of the geometric mode"; "Geometry and the contributions of the mathematical sciences"; and "Geometry and aesthetic theory." Map, bibliography, and index. The important scholar Oleg Grabar calls it "Just about the best book on Islamic art for the past one hundred years," and that's not puffery. Very fine. Properly packed for shipping, this massive book will weigh about 10 pounds; overseas shipping will cost $75 to $100. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995 ISBN 0892363355 US

Getty, Date: 1995. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. 1995. Getty ISBN 0892363355 9780892363353 [US]

Santa Monica: THE GETTY CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF ART AND THE HUMANITIES, Date: 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2'' x 13 3/4''. 395pp. with index. 1995. THE GETTY CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF ART AND THE HUMANITIES ISBN 0892363355 9780892363353 [US]

Oxford University Press, USA 1996 First edition. Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Sketchbooks & Albums. Audience: General/trade. A unique, collectible book and first/only edition. Book Description: The scant number of drawings and the absence of any theoretical treatises on the architecture of the pre-Islamic world make the late fifteenth-century Timurid pattern scroll in the Topkapi Palace Museum Library an exceedingly valuable source of information. In the course of her analysis of the scroll, Necipoglu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Her comparison of the Islamic understanding of geometry with that found in medieval Western art makes this book particularly valuable for all historians and critics of architecture. The text also has far-reaching implications for recent discussions on vision, subjectivity, and the semiotics of abstract representation. The book reproduces the entire scroll, with its 114 individual geometric patterns for wall surfaces and vaulting, along with illustrations showing the underlying geometries from which the individual patterns are generated. An essay by Mohahhad al-Asad discusses the geometry of the mugarnas and demonstrates how one of the scroll's patterns could be used to design a three-dimensional...