THE BASIC OF MOORISH DESIGN: VOLUME 1

khalid selmane fares

août 2002 · art decoratif p.p entreprise

À propos de cet ebook

This book is just tiny bridge to an astonishing artform whose legacy has fascinated people

Worldwide for many centuries.

Artists, designers and craftsmen in search of exceptionally and inventive artform and

want to add an instant touch of moorish ambiance to their art projects will find in this

practical edition striking and imaginative methods of moorish geometrical design.

In decoration geometrically-based designs covered entire surfaces, typically with a

geometrical decorative motifs or framework leaving spaces to be filled with florals

designs and interlaced leafs.

Geometrical designs have to be based on a grid system in a wich geometrical grids are

broken down into identical units wich are repeated in regular sequence, this is a practical

and useful method of constructing geometrical patterns.

This identical unit or pattern can be fitted in the surface to be decorated by using squares,

rectangles, circles, or hexagons of equal size and unit links up on one or all sides with

other identical unit to form or create decorative motifs or patterns that result from these

methods.

These pattrens or decorative motifs can be enlarged or reduced to the size desired by the

artists etc