Bearing distinctive features, Islamic geometric patterns are an exemplary art form showcasing intricate designs found in various aspects of everyday life - from mosque decorations to carpets and ...

The strict rules for construction of geometric patterns provide a visual analogy to religious rules of behavior. The geometric patterns used in Islamic art are aggressively two-dimensional. Artists ...

Islamic art is often vibrant and distinctive. Unlike Christian art, Islamic art isn't restricted to religious work, but includes all the artistic traditions in Muslim culture. Its strong aesthetic ...

Throughout the centuries, Islamic geometric patterns and arabesque (Islimi) designs—otherwise known as biomorphic, floral patterns—have moved from east to west. Subscribe to the Design newsletter.

Celebrating the bold patterns, luxurious materials and meticulous techniques that went into crafting carpets for historic ...

Whether a carpet with motifs that seem to flow beyond the fabric’s edges or walls teeming with interlocking patterns whose figure-ground relationships are at times ambiguous, Islamic geometrics ...

The Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia’s Old City is exhibiting artist interpretations of a traditional Islamic architectural element: the mashrabiya.. A mashrabiya is a screen, often seen in ...

How Islamic Art Influenced One of Fashion’s Most Famous Jewelers A new exhibition traces how Middle Eastern patterns and motifs inspired—and fueled—Cartier ...

The use of patterns is part of the way that Islamic art represents nature and objects by their spiritual qualities, not their physical and material qualities.