Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design (Dover Pictorial Archive) Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Feb. 2000

This book is a collection of a couple of hundred plates of geometric patterns. Each pattern has a section with dotted lines over the solid lines of the designs, to make understanding their construction and underlying maths easier. This makes it ideal for making your own, as I'm now doing, but this is by no means easy... There is no accompanying text to explain what you're looking at or how it was arrived at, so you have to work it ALL out for yourself. While this is great fun if you're me, it might not be if you just want the result, not the mental challenge of arriving at it.Or you could just get it because it's gorgeous and never try and copy any. It's black and white linear forms only, but my goodness staring at these images is a trip!

The designs in this book are just perfect. My OCD loves the accuracy and detail of Arabic patterns and I’ve done some lovely watercolour paintings using these designs outlined with gold marker. Just beautiful. It was out of stock several times after I first stumbled upon it and added it to basket - but I was adamant to have a copy and I’m glad!

I had not realised this was just a book of templates prior to purchase! Disappointing there is no reading and only templates. Perhaps I should have read others reviews, in hindsight, before purchase! If you want ONLY templates however - this could be just what you are looking for!

includes only pages of drawn patterns to be coloured or to be redrawn, no instructions but an amazing variety of beautiful designs.

The designs are very beautiful, but in black and white line drawings. No attempt has been made to describe the construction. Instead, the publisher's note at the start says the designs were taken from a 19th century french book.

Received exactly as advertised

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This has many patterns and dotted guidelines to show the construction lines. This is an excellent reference guide but would be challenging for beginners to learn how to construct patterns from this book.

Buen libro para estudiar la formación de los mosaicos nazaríes, aunque el libro de Eric Broug, Islamic Geometric Patterns es más didáctico.

Ce livre est une réédition des 190 planches réalisées par Jules Bourgoin spécialiste du genre à son époque (19° siècle). Il n'y a pas d'explications pour les réaliser. Elles se trouvent dans le livre "Les Eléments de l'Art Arabe: Le Trait des Entrelacs" (Classic Reprint) écrit en français.

ひとつの文様をひたすら繰り返してページ全面に広げています。まずそれが不満です。手間を省いてスペースをかせいでるとしか思えません。創作性や種類の幅があれば問題ないのですが、、しかし同じ似かよったものばかりで延々それが続きます結局この書籍に掲載されている文様の数は手の指で数えるほどですこの本の趣旨としては「自分で色を塗ってアレンジしてね」ということなのでしょうが、様々なアラビア文様を参考に見たかった私としてはひどく落胆させれました。

I am a serious free motion quilter and am always looking for inspiration on quilt stitching patterns that cover an entire quilt. Arabic designs lend themselves to this purpose perfectly! They are easily translated from the book because they are shown on triangle grids. How I found out about this book is through my daughter, who at the time was a college art major. This book is required for many college art courses. The designs are timeless and can get any artist thinking in another direction.