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This 5 page paper considers how we see symmetry in Islamic art. The paper concentrates on the mathematical aspects of the symmetry and also considers why this is so apparent in this cultural art form. The writer includes consideration of tessellation and rugs. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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be abler to identify both the time period and the culture that the art ordinates form. If we look at Islamic art, with its complex patters and stylised images there
is a high degree of symmetry. This may be seen as a key feature of Islamic art. If we look at this more carefully we will see that symmetry is
embodied in Islamic art in more that the visually obvious ways. The idea of symmetry and the way it permeates Islamic art is more than due to the visual
pleasantries. It is also seen as mathematically a representation of the symmetry of the universe and the maker of the universe who is the originator of all forms of art.
The use of symmetry in art is only on of many forms of symmetry. This can be seen as a single concept that will unite many different disciplines, form art
and religion to the sciences due to symmetry in nature, even philosophy is impacted by this concept and joined. If we are to consider the idea of symmetry, and
wish to considerate form the perspective of a mathematician, then we can look to the words of the well known modern mathematician Herman Weil; " Symmetry establishes a ridiculous and
wonderful cousinship between objects, phenomena and theories outwardly unrelated: terrestrial magnetism, womans veils, polarized light, natural selection, the theory of groups, structure of space, vase designs, quantum physics, scarabs, flower
petals, X-ray interference patterns, cell division in sea urchins, equilibrium positions of crystals, Romanesque cathedrals, snowflakes, music, the theory of relativity..." (Abas and Salman, 1998). The idea of symmetry
is so easy, it is taught as a basic principle to infants, and as we grow we find that it is the basis of many sciences, for example it was
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