Quasi-periodicity in 15th century Islamic Art and whether it actually has been developed as a concept is still a matter of a somewhat controversial debate. There are three sites in the city of Esfahan which have been studied in this regard in considerable detail, two rather small patterns on a spandrel and a portal on [...]
Archive for October 17th, 2010
Just Fallen Short
Posted in Academics, Iran, tagged Benjamin R. Schleich, Darb-i Imam, decagonal tesselation, girih, Gonbad-e Qabud, Great Mosque Esfahan, patterns, Penrose, Peter J. Lu, Peter R. Cromwell, self-similarity, subdivision, western iwan on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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