Muqarnas vault with the oculus, Yakutiye Madrasa, Erzurum, Turkey (source: MIT Dome)
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Alhambra Pattern 1
Nazarid Palaces, The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
The Alhambra is the biggest joke
At some moment, all you can do is think
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Interlocking Arrows 3
Pattern with muqarnas behind. It has a nice three dimensional feeling to it that reminds me of Erwin Hauer's work
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Onion Shaped Pattern
Dome, Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
Prince Selim Practising Archery, Nigari, c.1561-62
Domical superstructure with subsidiary flat vaults, Mosque of Shahsultan and Zal Pasha, Istanbul, Turkey
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Octagons & Four Pointed Stars
Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion from Khamsa of Nizami, Iran, 1548 AD
Detail with the pattern
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ulugh Beg Madrasa
Portal, Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarqand
Same portal I came across in Prokudin-Gorskii's beautiful photographs. ca. 1910
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
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