The Arts of Ornamental Geometry: A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures. a Volume Commemorating Alpay Özdural (Muqarnas #13)

The Arts of Ornamental Geometry: A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures. a Volume Commemorating Alpay Özdural (Muqarnas #13)

Gülru Necipoğlu (Volume Editor)
$82.00
Publication Date: September 19th, 2017
Publisher:
Brill
ISBN:
9789004301962
Pages:
382

Description

This collective study focuses on a unique undated anonymous primary source on ornamental geometry featuring geometrical constructions and textual instructions in Persian. The chapters interpreting this fascinating medieval source are followed by a facsimile, transcription, English translation, and supplementary drawings.

About the Author

Gülru Necipoğlu (Ph.D. Harvard 1986) is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Director of the Aga Khan Program at Harvard University. Her books include The Topkapı Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture and The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire

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