The Arts of Ornamental Geometry
A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures. A Volume Commemorating Alpay Özdural
The Arts of Ornamental Geometry
A Persian Compendium on Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures. A Volume Commemorating Alpay Özdural
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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.
Winner of 26th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran 2019. "The scholarly value of the edited volume lies in bringing diverse perspectives to bear on its interpretation. The resulting work is amajor contribution to scholarship and worthy of close and careful reading, despite its complex organizational structure and layout. Overall, it is a welcome tribute to the published and unpublished work of Alpay Özdural, extending his legacy and broadening its impact. It is hoped that this multi-disciplinary volume can now serve as a solid basis for future research, yielding advances in our understanding of just exactly why and when the histories of art, mathematics and science intersected, and how individuals interacted in the production of knowledge that yielded architectural monuments of cultural significance to this day." - Carol Bier, Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union , in: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 13:3 (2019) "In the medieval era, Persia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where ancient learning, and new, coalesced to create new forms and perspectives. Although we may never fully grasp it firmly, Necipoğlu offers the most detailed description of its contours and the most compelling explanation of how one of the world’s great geometric traditions took shape. Fascinating and well researched, The Arts of Ornamental Geometry is full of previously unknown details and would be a great pedagogical introduction to this topic. It stands as a thorough work that will definitely be useful for historians of Persian architecture and mathematics." - Abdullah Drury, University of Waikato, New Zealand, in The Muslim World Book Review (2018)
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
Winner of 26th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran 2019. "The scholarly value of the edited volume lies in bringing diverse perspectives to bear on its interpretation. The resulting work is amajor contribution to scholarship and worthy of close and careful reading, despite its complex organizational structure and layout. Overall, it is a welcome tribute to the published and unpublished work of Alpay Özdural, extending his legacy and broadening its impact. It is hoped that this multi-disciplinary volume can now serve as a solid basis for future research, yielding advances in our understanding of just exactly why and when the histories of art, mathematics and science intersected, and how individuals interacted in the production of knowledge that yielded architectural monuments of cultural significance to this day." - Carol Bier, Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union , in: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 13:3 (2019) "In the medieval era, Persia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where ancient learning, and new, coalesced to create new forms and perspectives. Although we may never fully grasp it firmly, Necipoğlu offers the most detailed description of its contours and the most compelling explanation of how one of the world’s great geometric traditions took shape. Fascinating and well researched, The Arts of Ornamental Geometry is full of previously unknown details and would be a great pedagogical introduction to this topic. It stands as a thorough work that will definitely be useful for historians of Persian architecture and mathematics." - Abdullah Drury, University of Waikato, New Zealand, in The Muslim World Book Review (2018)
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