Geometric concepts in islamic art / Issam El-Said and Ayse Parman ; foreword by Titus Burckhardt

Chapter I. Man and measure. 1. Historical background -- 2. Measuring and dividing dimensions -- 3. The organization of space -- 4. Proportion -- Chapter II. Geometric patterns in islamic design. 1. The concept of the repeat unit -- 2. The square an the root two system of proportion -- 3. The hexagon and the root three system of proportion -- 4. The pentagon and the golden ratio -- 5. Patterns based on the double hexagon -- 6. Artistic creativity and the geometric method of design -- Chapter III. Architecture. 1. Tracing islamic methods to a possible origin -- 2. Analyses of ancient egyptian monuments -- 3. Building according to the "divine order of the universe" -- 4. Islamic concepts in architecture -- 5. Planning -- Chapter IV. Arabic calligraphy -- Chapter V. The circles of "Arud" in arabic poetry -- Chapter VI. Music in the muslim world -- Chapter VII. Analyses of patterns in the applied arts.

List of plates: p. vi.

Contents: p. vii.

Transliteration: p. viii.

Foreword / Titus Burckhardt: p. ix-x.

Introduction: p. xi.

Conclusion: p. 153.

Bibliograpfy: p. 154.

References: al final de cada capítulo.