ISLAMIC PATTERNS/ AN ANALYTICAL AND COSMOLOGICAL APPROACH

For centuries Islamic art has been misunderstood in the West, often being regarded as pure decoration. However, its abstract pattern s have meaning: they affirm religion and the essential unity of all things.This fascinating scholarly study explains how the geometr ical patterns of Islamic art reveal to believers the cosmological laws affecting all Creation. The primary function of these pattern s is to lead the mind from the literal world towards an underlying reality.