There is something about symmetry... The neuro-scientist Ramachandran
suggests that “symmetry is a marker, or flag, for good health, which in turn is
an indicator of desirability”. (See my article Ramachandran’s nine laws of
aesthetics http://myfrencheasel.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/ramachandrans-nine-laws-of-aesthetics.html).
And when it comes to inventive symmetry, Islamic art has no
match.
I took the photographs below at the V&A in London, in
the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Middle East art.
This panel of 15 star and cross tiles from the shrine of
Imamzadeh Yahya in Varamin (south of Tehran), fritware with lustre decoration,
made by the potter Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir in Kashan, Iran, 1262, Museum
no. 1837-1876.
The Screens below are made carved and pierced sandstone. They
came from Agra and are 19th century copies from late 16th
century models
Practical information
The Victoria & Albert museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
England
Admission: free
Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
The Victoria & Albert museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
England
Admission: free
Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
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