Normalised grid/motif based patterns-Islamic geometric patterns

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        <b>Normalised grid/motif based patterns-Islamic geometric patterns</b>
      
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        <b>- Aljamali, A.M.; Banissi, E.</b>
      
      
         
      
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        <i>Dept. of Comput., Inf. Syst. & Math., South Bank Univ., London, UK</i>
      
      
        
      
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        Abstract: The studies of Islamic geometric patterns (IGP) show that the methods of 
        generation are based on a set of classical gridding systems. They are hierarchical and 
        primarily based on the sacred geometrical primitives (triangle, square and circle). With 
        such patterns, symmetries are as visible as the forms themselves. They signify an obvious 
        secondary meaning that is so often referred to, in the sacred and religious texts, as a 
        higher order of significance. Based on the classical grid system, normalised grid-based 
        patterns propose a new language of design with the further aid of symmetry that hold these 
        forms so robustly. It takes away their hierarchy by replacing it with less tangible forms 
        that are bounded by shear balance of symmetries. An underlined question for the reader is 
        "are we disturbing the semantics of these patterns, the meanings that have been portrayed 
        by the architect, the designers and visualists for a long time through their visual 
        forms?".
      
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        Subject Terms: computational geometry; normalised motif based patterns; Islamic geometric 
        patterns; classical gridding systems; triangle; square; circle; symmetries; semantics; 
        normalised grid based patterns; computer graphics; computational geometry; numerical method
      
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        <b>Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (ARITH '97)</b>
      
      
         
      
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