Outline
muqarnas - English version
Muqarnas mark one of the most remarcable features of Islamitische Architecture. In it curved surfaces as domes, half domes and portals are decorated by an astonishing combination of curved facets. For a layman it's incomprehensible how one can conceive such a spatial construction. On a second look muqarnas have much in common with tilings and the concepts of symmetry in 2D.
In this book you discover the link between a 2D and a 3D-look and you can look in detail to some nice examples. Finally fiind links to other fascinating material on muqarnas.
I worked together with Henk Hietbrink in creating GeoGebra macros of muqarnas elements. Starting from a plan you can use the macros to build up a 3D model. Later Henk worked further on it. You can find his material at https://www.fransvanschooten.nl/muqarnas.htm.
If you're also interested in Islamitic Geometrical Patterns, then take a look at my GeoGebrabook on this related issue on https://www.geogebra.org/m/kxp4qekc.
Table of Contents
domes
layers and cells
examples
- 2 layers
- 4 layers
- Sultan Han - layers
- Sultan Han - from 2D to 3D
- Asjtarjan - layers
- Asjtarjan - square and rhombus
- Friday Mosque Isfahan southwest iwan
- Friday Mosque Isfahan southwest iwan back part
- Friday Mosque Isfahan northwest iwan - parts
- Friday Mosque Isfahan northeast iwan (2)
- Friday Mosque Isfahan souteast iwan
- Lahore Wazir Khan mosque
- Takht-i Sulayman
La Zisa - Palermo
links