IMPROVING SOME ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC PATTERNS
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Keywords: geometric patterns, Abbasid architecture, Seljuk architecture, Umayyad architecture, Ottoman architecture, Safavid architecture, Mughal architectureAbstract
Annotation. This study examines IGPs from a historical and regional perspective to shed light on issues related to their suitability and proper use as decorative elements for buildings. This study chronologically and regionally traced the evolution of Islamic geometric patterns. The results show how regional influences and prevailing lifestyles during the ruling dynasties determined the diversity of Islamic designs and geometric designs. This study also illustrated the scientific progress and expansion of knowledge in the history of Islamic architecture. These developments began with simple geometric figures constructed from a circle and a set of tangent circles of the same radius, as was the case in the Great Mosque of Kairouan in the early 9th century. By the end of the 9th century, grids of circles were introduced into the Ibn Tulun mosque. Grids were used as a constructive basis for the simplest regular and semi-regular tilings with equilateral triangles, squares, hexagons and octagons
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