414 Geometric Designs and Motifs
414 Geometric Designs and Motifs

Author: Dover Publications Inc

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2006-03-17

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0486997472

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More than 400 original, black-and-white, attention-getting graphics that pop, recede, and shimmer. Circles, squares, ellipses, curves, lines, and angles create unique visual effects that are at times strong and intriguing and sometimes — purely dazzling. Great for use in ornamental packaging, room decoration, and graphics, the illustrations can be cropped, enlarged, or used as is.

Islamic Geometric Patterns
Islamic Geometric Patterns

Author: Eric Broug

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0500294682

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Featuring new patterns with detailed explanatory texts, this revised edition is an inspirational guide for craftspeople and artists alike. The marvels of Islamic patterns—the most recognizable visual expression of Islamic art and architecture—are not just a beautiful accident. The ancient practitioners of this craft used traditional methods of measurement to create dazzling geometric compositions, often based on the repetition of a single pattern. The results are magnificent in their beauty and awe-inspiring in their execution. Now, with the aid of this book, everyone can learn how to master this ancient art and create their own intricate patterns or re-create classic examples. All that is needed is a pencil, a ruler, a compass, and a steady hand. Technical tips demonstrate the geometric basics such as how to create designs from one of the foundational “family” shapes: a square, hexagon, or pentagon. This is followed by step-by-step instructions for reproducing some of the best examples of geometric patterns. Islamic Geometric Patterns contains twenty-three geometric patterns and brief histories of some of the most famous and beautiful Islamic art and architecture from around the world. This revised edition features seven new patterns from locations including: Ak Medrese in Nigde, Turkey; Chellah necropolis in Rabat, Morocco; Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta, Pakistan; the Tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah in Agra, India; the Alcazar in Seville, Spain; Zaouia Moulay Idriss II in Fes, Morocco; and Darwish Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria.

Geometric Themes and Variations
Geometric Themes and Variations

Author: Miguel Angel Sánchez Serrano

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008-02-29

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486462757

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In this amazing cache of designs, arresting displays of geometrics explode into thousands of fascinating variations. Each of forty-one original black-and-white motifs is spun into three pages of adaptations, offering strikingly different variations on the original theme. More than 4,300 images build upon basic geometric shapes, transforming circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles into intricate patterns that form kaleidoscopic designs, optical illusions, and hypnotic abstracts. A versatile resource for graphics, art, and craft projects, this collection offers not only a wealth of images for immediate practical use but also an excellent reference for design inspiration.

Print & Pattern: Geometric
Print & Pattern: Geometric

Author: Bowie Style

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2015-01-19

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 178067709X

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The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern website, Print & Pattern: Geometric celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs made from geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, hexagons, etc. The patterns included reflect current trends for tribal, Aztec, and Native American designs, along with Scandinavian influences and more mathematical and scientific looks. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more. Documenting the work of the best designers in the field, the book is an invaluable source of reference and inspiration for surface designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, and textile designers.

Art Deco and Geometric Stained Glass Pattern Book
Art Deco and Geometric Stained Glass Pattern Book

Author: Richard Welch

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0486144178

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DIVStunning patterns of ovals, rectangles, triangles, circles and many more for a variety of stained glass projects in the elegant Art Deco style. 136 b/w line illus. /div

One Zentangle A Day
One Zentangle A Day

Author: Beckah Krahula

Publisher:

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1592538118

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One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing, by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a "tangle," and you combine various tangles into patterns to create "tiles" or small square drawings. This step-by-step book is divided into 6 chapters, each with 7 daily exercises. Each exercise includes new tangles to draw in sketchbooks, teaches daily tile design, and offers tips on related art principles, and contains an inspirational "ZIA" (Zentangle Inspired Art) project on a tile that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques.

Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design
Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design

Author: J. Bourgoin

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-13

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0486155315

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Nearly 200 examples exhibit the wide range of Islamic art, including hexagon and octagon designs, combinations of stars and rosettes, and many variations on other geometric patterns. Twenty-eight examples from traditional sources in Cairo and Damascus include sanctuary doors, openwork windows, and inlaid marble pavements and ceilings.

Geometric Patterns and Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
Geometric Patterns and Designs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Wil Stegenga

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486423085

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More than 260 high-impact, permission-free designs that exploit to their fullest the dramatic potential of squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and other elements. Invaluable for wallpaper and textile design, packaging and computer art, these eye-catching forms provide artists and craftspeople with angular forms and pleasant symmetries. More than 260 black-and-white designs.

Handbook of Rock Art Research
Handbook of Rock Art Research

Author: David S. Whitley

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 876

ISBN-13: 9780742502567

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While there has always been a large public interest in ancient pictures painted or carved on stone, the archaeological study of rock art is in its infancy. But intensive amounts of research has revolutionized this field in the past decade. New methods of dating and analysis help to pinpoint the makers of these beautiful images, new interpretive models help us understand this art in relation to culture. Identification, conservation and management of rock art sites have become major issues in historical preservation worldwide. And the number of archaeologically attested sites has mushroomed. In this handbook, the leading researchers in the rock art area provide cogent, state-of-the-art summaries of the technical, interpretive, and regional advances in rock art research. The book offers a comprehensive, basic reference of current information on key topics over six continents for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and rock art enthusiasts.