The Topkapı scroll
geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture : Topkapı Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956
by Gülru Necipoğlu and Mohammad al-Asad
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Precious few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world. One exceedingly rich and valuable source of information, however, is the Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum, examined here by Gulru Necipoglu.
In The Topkapi Scroll - Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, Necipoglu undertakes an in-depth analysis of this unusual pattern scroll and sheds new light on architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. She also makes an insightful comparison between the Islamic understanding of geometry and that found in medieval Western art.
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Arabesques, Architectural drawing, Architectural drawing, Timurid, Catalogs, Geometry in architecture, Timurid Architectural drawing, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi. Kütüphane, Architecture, Illustration, Modern period, c 1500 onwards, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, Asia, Central, Islamic Architecture, Art, Islamic countries, 16th century, Architecture / History, Decoration & OrnamentPlaces
Central Asia, Istanbul, TurkeyTimes
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The Topkapi Scroll -- Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture (Sketchbooks & Albums)
March 14, 1996, Getty Trust Publications: Getty Research Institute
Hardcover
in English
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The Topkapı scroll: geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture : Topkapı Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956
1995, Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-380) and index.
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