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Close-ups of architectural details not only describe style and function but also show the hand of the craftsman, making this reference work both useful and beautiful.   Here is a wealth of information about the historical and cultural context of buildings around the world, a chance to encounter the widest Islamic community, and the deeper pleasure of immersing ourselves in the beauty of Islamic architecture.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201816920242,"sku":"9780500343784","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500343784.jpg?v=1786013582"},{"product_id":"9780500294680","title":"Islamic Geometric Patterns","description":"The marvels of Islamic patterns—the most recognizable visual expression of Islamic art and architecture—are not just a beautiful accident. The ancient practitioners of this craft used traditional methods of measurement to create dazzling geometric compositions, often based on the repetition of a single pattern. The results are magnificent in their beauty and awe-inspiring in their execution.Now, with the aid of this book, everyone can learn how to master this ancient art and create their own intricate patterns or re-create classic examples. All that is needed is a pencil, a ruler, a compass, and a steady hand. Technical tips demonstrate the geometric basics such as how to create designs from one of the foundational “family” shapes: a square, hexagon, or pentagon. This is followed by step-by-step instructions for reproducing some of the best examples of geometric patterns.Islamic Geometric Patterns","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290389361013,"sku":"9780500294680","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500294680_c567376b-d3b7-483c-ba45-2e60320e6769.jpg?v=1786014082"},{"product_id":"9780500292426","title":"Islamic Design Workbook","description":"In this inventive interpretation of the popular colouring book concept, Islamic design  expert Eric Broug helps readers to create their own patterns, based on compositions  from across the Islamic world. The book opens up the world of intricate Islamic  patterns, allowing artists, designers and doodlers alike to learn about these works of  art as they produce their own. With 48 Islamic geometric compositions from around  the world to choose from, artists at all skill levels will relish the myriad opportunities  to replicate these intricate patterns or create their own. The workbook’s clever design  invites the pattern-maker to consider a composition in the book, take a corresponding  loose leaf from the back of the book and figure out which sections of lines to trace to  make the composition. Readers will have the unique satisfaction of making patterns  appear where previously none were visible. Compositions – including a mix of more  familiar geometric compositions and those that have scarcely been documented – are  categorized by region and have various levels of complexity, making it possible for  beginners to get started and artists or designers to develop their skills.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291296543093,"sku":"9780500292426","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500292426_3ddb1224-dfaf-4af3-86fa-ad9deb65667a.jpg?v=1786013997"},{"product_id":"9780500516959","title":"Islamic Geometric Design","description":"Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvelous intricacy, yet they are seldom understood. In this handsomely illustrated volume, Eric Broug analyzes and explains these complex designs in their historical and physical context.Broug shows how, over the centuries, craftsmen were able to adorn buildings with wonderful geometric patterns using the simplest of tools and without recourse to mathematical calculations. Design elements created from straight lines and circles were placed in grids and then repeated and varied to generate seemingly limitless arrays of breathtaking patterns.Chapters are devoted to each of the main families of geometric design—fourfold, fivefold, and sixfold—and to the complex combined patterns. Readers can follow the design processes by which these patterns were created and even learn to reproduce and invent geometric patterns for themselves. Broug’s original drawings accompany photographs of mosques, madrasas, palaces, and tombs from the Islamic world, ranging from North Africa to Iran and Uzbekistan, and from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291398746485,"sku":"9780500516959","price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500516959_95024361-6266-4864-8ac0-fcc228a18bb8.jpg?v=1786013697"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-eric-broug.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}