Islamic Architecture in Iran by Saeid Khaghani

Author:Saeid Khaghani [Khaghani, Saeid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Islamic Studies, History, Middle East, Iran, Architecture, Buildings, Religious, General, Design; Drafting; Drawing & Presentation
ISBN: 9781786723024
Google: AB-QDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-07-30T05:15:36+00:00

•Indicating hidden reality: like the underlying structure of snowflakes, Islamic ornamentation reveals a hidden reality of the objective world, rather than the superficial appearance of objects.

•Revealing the rationale of objects: similarly to the geometrical basis of form in the snowflake, Islamic ornamentation connotes a logical and mathematical basis upon which reality is formed. Rather than mimesis, the designed patterns represent a deeper rationale of the world.

•Representation of a different layer: analogically, Islamic ornamentation is neither representational, nor is it meaningless compositions of playful lines, but rather it represents a different layer of reality, unconnected to objective reality, a duality without an indicative bond.

•Natural geometry: in this comparative view, nature and geometry are not represented as two opposing points, as is the case in the dual categorisations of thought, geometrical vs. natural, man vs. nature, and so on. The logic of geometry is the backbone of nature. Like the human rationale, geometry is not in dialectical relationship but in harmony with nature.

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