Category: ISLAMIC ART

Early Islamic Geometry. A Generative Language.

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Early Islamic geometries are geometric methods, not religious, and not Islamic—but, maybe, philosophic. Emersion in them is a bit like re-programming part of your mind into method rather than definition.

From Sunflowers to God’s Divine Architecture of Life.

By 3D THINKING, 3D THINKING IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, ABJAD SYSTEM, ALTAIR DESIGNS, Architecture, Arts, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, DIVINE PROPORTIONS, DYNAMIC SPHERE GEOMETRY, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, FRACTALS, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, GOLDEN RATIO, INDUS VALLEY, ISLAMIC ART, LE CORBUSIER, NESTING POLYGONS, PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION, PERCEPTION, PYTHAGOREANS, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY, VISUAL LOGIC, VISUAL THINKING

In response to questions from readers of the “Visual Thinking, Seeing Through Time” book series (ebook and print formats) I’ve added a SUPPLEMENTS page to this website. This is the first! “From Sunflowers to God’s Divine Architecture of Life.” This supplement relates to Book 1, Chapter 5, Ancient Egypt. It also covers Book 2, Chapter […]

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Explore Visual Thinking Through Time

By 3D THINKING, 3D THINKING IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, ABJAD SYSTEM, ALTAIR DESIGNS, Architecture, Arts, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, DIVINE PROPORTIONS, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT CHINA, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, GOLDEN RATIO, INDUS VALLEY, ISLAMIC ART, LABYRINTHS, LE CORBUSIER, NESTING POLYGONS, PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION, PERCEPTION, PYTHAGOREANS, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY, VISUAL LOGIC

Overview Visual Thinking, Seeing Through Time is a five-book series. It explores the development of visual logic from archaic humans through early civilizations. It continues into the age of artificial intelligence. The series examines how visual‑cognitive structures shape human reasoning across the arts. These structures affect architecture and geometry. This reveals deep connections between perception, culture, […]

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Launch of ‘Visual Thinking’: Five Books on Art and Geometry

By 3D THINKING, 3D THINKING IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, ABJAD SYSTEM, ALTAIR DESIGNS, Architecture, Arts, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, DIVINE PROPORTIONS, DYNAMIC SPHERE GEOMETRY, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, FRACTALS, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT CHINA, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, GOLDEN RATIO, IMAGES DESIGN BOOKS, INDUS VALLEY, INTERACTIVE LEARNING, ISLAMIC ART, LABYRINTHS, LE CORBUSIER, NESTING POLYGONS, PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION, PERCEPTION, PYTHAGOREANS, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY, SHAPE CHANGING POLYHEDRA, VISUAL LOGIC

“Visual Thinking, Seeing Through Time” is a five-book odyssey through the human experience in Architecture, the Arts, and Geometry from the dawn of consciousness to the frontiers of artificial intelligence.

The Story of Visual Thinking—Geometry, Architecture, and the Arts. AI Audio Review.

By 3D THINKING, 3D THINKING IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, Architecture, Arts, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, DIVINE PROPORTIONS, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, GEOMETRY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, GOLDEN RATIO, IMAGES DESIGN BOOKS, INDUS VALLEY, INTERACTIVE LEARNING, ISLAMIC ART, LE CORBUSIER, PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION, PERCEPTION, PYTHAGOREANS, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY, VISUAL LOGIC

An AI-generated 30 minute audio review of my latest book.

Girih Tiles & The Gunbad-i Qabud Tomb

By 3D THINKING, 3D THINKING IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, CREATIVE GEOMETRY, EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, GEOMETRY THROUGH TIME, ISLAMIC ART, PATTERNS OF PERCEPTION, SACRED ARCHITECTURE, SACRED GEOMETRY, VISUAL LOGIC

Girih Tiles on the

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Creative Geometry Octagon Design

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 – ABJAD, Circles and a Door

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“3D Thinking” Pages 175 to 177 Islamic Geometry: This Seljuk period door dates from 13th-century Anatolia and stands as a possible example of a use of numeric values to communicate a message. The door’s design is based the Islamic “close-packing circle” method of design – in this case an arrangement of close-packing circles within a pentagon. The two primary numbers […]

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 […]