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A Geometry of Early Islam – Nesting Polygons

By 3D THINKING, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, ISLAMIC ART, NESTING POLYGONS, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY

“3D Thinking” Page 190, 191: There are a number of Islamic design methodologies of which the “Nesting Polygon” method is one. The method places an arrangement of polygons within a polygon and continues infinitely placing the same but scaled arrangement within each polygon as it appears. The method was used to generate a lattice from […]

A Geometry of Early Islam – The Circle Method and a Window

By 3D THINKING, ABJAD SYSTEM, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, ISLAMIC ART, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY

“3D Thinking” Page 187: The animation below shows the Arabian “close-packing” circle method that was used to create the window design of the 1356CE Madrasa of Amir Salf al-din Sargatmish in Old Cairo, Egypt. The design method dates back to the Abbasid period – a time of great creativity. The development starts with (i) a […]