Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design

Arabic Geometrical Pattern and DesignBy forbidding the representation of the human figure, the Mohammedan religion helped push Islamic art along a path much different from that of traditional European art. European abounds with perspective renderings of figures and landscapes, while Islamic translates artistic impulse into elaborate geometric patterns and linear designs. Through centuries of practicing this purely abstract art, Muslim artists have perfected it to an incomparable

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develops the subject from elementary concepts and simple exercises through the construction and analysis of a number of relatively complex logical languages

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