Read and summarize the above "Islamic Belief Made Visual" essay for students. Give each student a piece of paper or poster board, compass, straight edge and copies of the handout, " Construction of an ...

So Islamic art focuses on the spiritual representation of objects and beings, and not their physical qualities. Geometric decoration in the Grand Mosque, Kuwait © ...

A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. Researchers in the US have found 15th Century examples ...

Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may contain a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years.

The wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years, researchers say.

A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. Researchers in the US have found 15th Century examples ...