Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...

Eric Broug is a UK-based Dutch author and educator with an expertise in Islamic geometric design. “The wonderful thing about Islamic geometric design [is that] everybody recognises it,” he says. “In ...

Eric Broug, who conducts workshops on geometric patterns of Islamic art, reveals how he got interested in the art form Eric Broug is a UK-based Dutch author and educator with an expertise in Islamic ...

Islamic craftsmen turned geometry into an art form because pictures of people were not allowed in holy places. Dutchman Eric Broug - who lives in the north of England - has become a global ambassador ...

Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. What is culture? In today’s globalized world, we are ...

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 ...