The Geometry in Alhambra of Granada.
In the Alhambra, geometry is very present.
The geometry was used by the geomatricians and tracists of medieval Islam as a graphic language.
The geometric designs of Nasrid art are repeated in different formats and surfaces, but it is in the tiling where it manifests most.
In the Alhambra, in addition to decorative function, the tiling had the function of protecting the architectural surface.
The tiles are formed by small pieces of glazed ceramic of different shapes and colors that are grouped together to generate geometric patterns of great complexity.
There are simple compositions, consisting of the repentance of one or two figures, and complete compositions, in which the different figures rotate and rotate to create new figures.
In the following images we can see examples of both compositions.
The Alhambra in Granada is the only monument in the world that contains the 17 possible crystallographic groups. Consider that the Alhambra was built between the fourteenth century and the fifteenth century and it was not until four centuries later when Evgraf Fedorov, a Russian mathematician, listed in 1891 the list of flat crystallographic groups
The Lattices are another example of an exceptional geometric decoration. Incorporate regular polygons, usually in a star or circular shape; forming bee nests.
The Mocárabes are another key element in the decoration of the Alhambra and, by extension, Islamic art. It is formed by juxtaposed prisms directed downwards that end, also, in prisms, narrower, with a concave surface.
The geometry was used by the geomatricians and tracists of medieval Islam as a graphic language.
The geometric designs of Nasrid art are repeated in different formats and surfaces, but it is in the tiling where it manifests most.
In the Alhambra, in addition to decorative function, the tiling had the function of protecting the architectural surface.
The tiles are formed by small pieces of glazed ceramic of different shapes and colors that are grouped together to generate geometric patterns of great complexity.
There are simple compositions, consisting of the repentance of one or two figures, and complete compositions, in which the different figures rotate and rotate to create new figures.
In the following images we can see examples of both compositions.
The Alhambra in Granada is the only monument in the world that contains the 17 possible crystallographic groups. Consider that the Alhambra was built between the fourteenth century and the fifteenth century and it was not until four centuries later when Evgraf Fedorov, a Russian mathematician, listed in 1891 the list of flat crystallographic groups
The Lattices are another example of an exceptional geometric decoration. Incorporate regular polygons, usually in a star or circular shape; forming bee nests.
The Mocárabes are another key element in the decoration of the Alhambra and, by extension, Islamic art. It is formed by juxtaposed prisms directed downwards that end, also, in prisms, narrower, with a concave surface.
Nasrid art presents a great development of the concept of symmetry, due to its abstract character. Indeed, all of them are represented in the mosaics of the Alhambra.
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