
Islamic Design
A Genius for Geometry
Daud Sutton(Author)
Wooden Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-952178-05-4 (ISBN)
Description
Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent pocket book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine messages they encode.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
93 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952178-05-4 (9781952178054)
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Daud Sutton is Director of the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation's design studio Editio Electrum, based in Cairo, and also author of Platonic & Archimedean Solids in this series.