TY - BOOK TI - Islamic art and architecture: the system of geometric design SN - 1873938454 AV - N6260 .E4 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Reading (UK) PB - Garnet Publishing Ltd. KW - Islamic Art KW - Islamic architecture KW - Buildingsns KW - Visual arts KW - By KW - Muslims N1 - Includes bibliographies and index N2 - Issam El-Said pinpoints the rules of composition that form the basis of the geometric concepts of Islamic art. He then shows how intricate patterns are based on these basic principles. The book is fully illustrated in three colours to show the development of the patterns ER -