on some discoveries of the methods of design employed in mohammedan art - hankin - final
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Article from a very old issue of the Journal of the society of arts, On Some Discoveries of the Methods of Design Employed in Mohammedan Art by E. H. Hankin, M.A.. Beautiful and instructional, this text details some of the mathematic and geometric intricacies of Islamic latticework art. Driven by early Islam's prohibition against representational art, early Muslims developed an ornamental and decorative style of art based on tilings and lattices.