Copies of these two tiles can form infinitely many different patterns that go on forever, called Penrose tilings. Yet no matter how you arrange the tiles, you’ll never get a periodic repeating ...

Geometric forms were an acceptable substitute for the proscribed forms. An even more important reason is that geometric systems and Islamic religious values, though expressed in different forms, say ...

Pinecones, spiral nautilus shells, and ice crystals all have self-repeating patterns as well. But among recursive patterns that appear in living beings, Romanesco broccoli is a fractal par ...

That underlying pattern relates in an easy, fluent way to designed gardens, rugs and architectural structures. Equally, the drawings are monochrome, but infused with a sense of colour.

In some art from the Islamic world, you will find repeating patterns of flowers and plants. ... Spot the geometric patterns on this traditional decorative copper plate. Image caption, ...