Quasi–periodicity in islamic geometric designe

Abstract

It is a commonplace assertion that Islamic cultures share the world’s oldest and most sophisticated living tradition of geometric ornamental design. Ever since Jules Goury and Owen Jones completed their monumental book on the Alhambra (1842–1845) and Jules Bourgoin published his classic work on Islamic designs (Bourgoin 1879), Western interest in Islamic geometric design has continued unabated.