A Mathematician's Guide to the Alhambra by John Jaworski

Author:John Jaworski [Jaworski, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: mathMedia Ltd
Published: 2013-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 14: A wider view

There are strong diagonal bands of colour stretching from bottom left to top right. As usual, they are the predominant blue, orange and green seen everywhere in the Palace. What is remarkable is that in one of the alcoves, this strong banding is consistently applied throughout the pattern, while in the other it is almost completely absent!

While the Court of the Myrtles is the first major part of the Palace enjoyed by visitors, and the general architectural splendour encourages many to linger, the two tilings described above are the only items of real mathematical interest. To see more, it is necessary to continue the tour.

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