The complex geometry of Islamic design - Eric Broug
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In Islamic culture, geometric design is everywhere: you can find it in mosques, madrasas, palaces, and private homes. And despite the remarkable complexity of these designs, they can be created with just a compass to draw circles and a ruler to make lines within them. Eric Broug covers the basics of geometric Islamic design.
Some patterns appear across the Islamic world and across the centuries. It is often not clear how the same patterns could be made in different places, centuries apart and thousands of kilometers apart. What possible explanations can you think of that might explain this?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Eric Broug
- Director Jeremiah Dickey
- Animator Peyton Skyler
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Narrator Addison Anderson
