Girih (Persian: گره, "knot", also written gereh) are decorative Islamic geometric patterns used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of...
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Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork (girih) for decoration of buildings in...
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forms in Islamic art and architecture. These include kilim carpets, Persian girih and Moroccan zellij tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali pierced...
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Muslim world (section Girih)
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba. Girih tiles The subdivision rule used to generate the Girih pattern on the spandrel. Girih pattern that can be drawn with...
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period, and survive into medieval artistic traditions both in Islamic art (girih decorations) and in Gothic art. The name "Flower of Life" is given to the...
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Massachusetts. He has been recognized for his discoveries of quasicrystal patterns (girih tiles) in medieval Islamic architecture, early precision compound machines...
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Masuleh (section Girih tiling in buildings of Masuleh)
married lived together with their parents in a class structural house. Girih tiling consists of straight and broken lines on a regular basis that could...
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Girih-tile subdivision found in the decagonal girih pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-i Imam shrine, Isfahan, Iran (1453 C.E.). A subdivision rule to...
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extensive, and for some excessive, use of strapwork inside and out. Islamic girih uses complex patterns and interlace, but the form of the strips is generally...
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strapwork lines (girih), generally more visible than the tile boundaries. In 2007, the physicists Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt argued that girih from the 15th...
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11-point star. The Topkapı Scroll contains images of an 11-pointed star Girih form used in Islamic art. The star in this scroll is not one of the regular...
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Other important tile techniques of this time include girih tiles, with their characteristic white girih, or straps. Mihrabs, being the focal points of mosques...
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kilim. In Islamic art, symmetries are evident in forms as varied as Persian girih and Moroccan zellige tilework, Mughal jali pierced stone screens, and widespread...
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Darb-e Imam (section Girih tiles)
are girih tiles present in the mausoleum as well as other geometric patterns in the tilework. According to Peter Lu and Paul Steinhardt, the girih tiles...
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Mohammad Gaus Tomb in Gwalior 19th-century house in Gwalior, using stone jalis Girih Jharokha Openwork Venturi effect Lerner 1984, pp. 156–157. Azmi, Feza Tabassum...
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but not by de Bruijn's cut-and-project method. Pentagonal and decagonal Girih-tile pattern on a spandrel from the Darb-i Imam shrine, Isfahan, Iran (1453...
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forms in Islamic art and architecture including kilim carpets, Persian girih and Moroccan/Algerian zellige tilework, muqarnas decorative vaulting, jali...
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which plays an important role in chromatics. Mudéjar often makes use of girih geometric strapwork decoration, as used in Middle East architecture, where...
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poem, a found poem". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Truchet tiles. Girih tiles Wallpaper group Wang tiles Browne, Cameron (2008), "Truchet curves...
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Islamic ornament) Ablaq (multicoloured ashlar) Alfiz Arabesque Banna'i Girih Girih tiles Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns Jali Mosque lamp...
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Moorish Mamluk Features Ablaq Alfiz Arabesque Arabic dome Banna'i Gardens Girih Horseshoe arch Howz Hypostyle Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns...
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without self-intersecting edges. It is often found as a facet inside Islamic Girih tiles, of which there are five different rudimentary types. Generally, star...
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Moorish Mamluk Features Ablaq Alfiz Arabesque Arabic dome Banna'i Gardens Girih Horseshoe arch Howz Hypostyle Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns...
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Moorish Mamluk Features Ablaq Alfiz Arabesque Arabic dome Banna'i Gardens Girih Horseshoe arch Howz Hypostyle Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns...
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Moorish Mamluk Features Ablaq Alfiz Arabesque Arabic dome Banna'i Gardens Girih Horseshoe arch Howz Hypostyle Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns...
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Moorish Mamluk Features Ablaq Alfiz Arabesque Arabic dome Banna'i Gardens Girih Horseshoe arch Howz Hypostyle Islamic calligraphy Islamic geometric patterns...
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Topkapı Scroll (category Girih)
tiling patterns in many mosques around the world, including the quasicrystal Girih tilings from Darb-e Imam. The Topkapı scroll is a 33 cm (13 in) wide scroll...
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loci Geodesic dome Georgian architecture Gibbs surround Gingerbread Girih Girih tiles Girt Giyōfū architecture Glass brick Glass floor Glass in green...
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Persia, Turkey and further east. Complex Mosaic patterns also known as Girih are popular forms of architectural art in many Muslim cultures. Tomb of...
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special right triangle. A 2007 paper in the journal Science suggested that girih tiles possessed properties consistent with self-similar fractal quasicrystalline...
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