Islamic Patterns, Annotated Bibliography
Ralph Abraham, February, 2007
- Abas, Syed jan, and Amer Shaker Salman.
Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns.
- Singapore: World Scientific, 1995. [RA]
- Notes:
Unique source for the mathematics behind the patterns.
- Examples from Cordoba (pp. 92, 97, 102),
Seville (pp. 93, 106), and Grenada (pp. 94, 103).
- Excellent Bibliography.
- Bourgoin, J.
Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design.
Mineola, NY: Dover, 1879/1973. [RA]
- Notes: 190 plates, monochrome line drawings.
- The first complete catalogue of Islamic patterns.
- Bourgoin, J.
Islamic Patterns.
Mineola, NY: Dover, 1879/1986. [RA]
- Notes: 45 plates extracted from the 1879 text.
- Castera, Jan-Marc, photos by Francoise Peuriot and Philippe Ploquin.
- Arabesques: Art Decoratif de Maroc.
Courbevoie: ACR, 1996. [LC]
- Notes: $125 !!!
cf p. 315 for a chapter on Muqarnas in Marocco.
- Critchlow, Keith.
Islamic Patterns, an Analytical and
Cosmological Approach.
- New York, NY: Schoken Books, 1976.
[UCSC N6260 C7]
- Notes: Among the first to analyse the patterns.
- Includes detailed contructions of some patterns.
- d'Avennes, Prisse.
Arabic Art in Color.
Mineola, NY: Dover, 1877/1978.
- Notes: 141 designs and motifs on 50 plates
- Historic early example of color lithography.
- d'Avennes, Prisse.
The Decorative Art of Arabia.
London: Studio Design, 1989. [LC]
- Notes: 105 plates
- Historic early example of color lithography.
- El-Said, Issam, and A. Parman.
Geometric Conceps in Islamic Art.
- London: World of Islam, 1976. [LC]
- Notes: Big book.
- El-Said, Issam.
Islamic Art and Architecture:
The System of Geometric Design.
Reading, UK: Garnet, 1983.
- Notes: More detailed constructions.
- Grunbaum, Branko, and G.C. Shephard.
Tilings and Patterns. [LC]
- New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1987.
- Notes: The math.
- Mirow, Gregory.
Arabic Designs.
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2006.
- Notes: CD-ROM and Book. A few patterns in color.
- Schattschneider, Doris, N.
Islamic Designs in Color.
New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1990.
- Simikoff, N.
Islamic Designs in Color.
Mineola, NY: Dover, 1883, 1993.
- Notes: 162 illustrations. Nice examples in color.
- Washburn, Dorothy K., and Donald W. Crowe.
- Symmetries of Culture:
The Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern Analysis.
Library code: RA = RAlph Abraham, LC = Larry Cuba, UCSC = UC Library.
Rev. 12 February 2007 by Ralph