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Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2004)

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Examine the principles of geometric design that are the basis for the beautiful and intricate patterns in the art of the Islamic world. Includes a brief overview of Islamic art, an introduction to related works in the Museum, and a series of pattern-making activities (including reproducible grids) for use in the classroom. Teachers can readily adapt these materials to create exciting lessons in art, culture, math, and geometry.

This resource for educators is made possible by the Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation.

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Introduction and How to Use These Materials

Introduction to Geometric Design in Islamic Art

Selected Works in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pattern-Making Activities

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A. V. Williams Jackson, Abraham Yohannan. A Catalogue of the Collection of Persian Manuscripts Including Also Some Turkish and Arabic Presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York by Alexander Smith Cochran. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, February, 1914.

Aanavi, Don, Linda Lee Boyer, Fong Chow, Dudley T. Easby, Jr., Yvonne Hackenbroch, Marilyn Jenkins, and John Goldsmith Phillips. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 9 (May, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Aanavi, Don, Phyllis D. Massar, Oscar White Muscarella, David Stronach, and Leon Wilson. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 3 (November, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Aanavi, Don. "Devotional Writing: 'Pseudoinscriptions' in Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 9 (May, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Aanavi, Don. "Western Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 3 (November, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Abramitis, Dorothy H., Julie Arslanoglu, Linda Borsch, Silvia A. Centeno, Federico Carò;, Tony Frantz, Marco Leona, Dorothy Mahon, Julia Schultz, and Mark T. Wypyski. "Scientific Research in The Metropolitan Museum of Art": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 67, no. 1 (Summer, 2009). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.

Adlin, Jane. Vanities: Art of the Dressing Table. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.

Ainsworth, Maryan W., Denise Allen, Stijn Alsteens, Ian Alteveer, Joan Aruz, Peter Barnet, Andrea J. Bayer, Peter J. Bell, Deniz Beyazit, Monika Bincsik, Yaëlle Biro, Barbara D. Boehm, Andrew Bolton, Sheila R. Canby, Iria Candela, John T. Carpenter, Elizabeth Cleland, Jayson Kerr Dobney, James A. Doyle, Maryam Ekhtiar, Douglas S. Eklund, Alyce Englund, Helen C. Evans, Jennifer Farrell, Mia Fineman, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Amanda Garfinkel, Sarah B. Graff, Randall Griffey, John Guy, Navina Najat Haidar, Seán Hemingway, Marsha Hill, Alison R. Hokanson, Melanie Holcomb, Mellissa J. Huber, Timothy B. Husband, Kyriaki Karoglou, Ronda Kasl, Daniëlle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, Wolfram Koeppe, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Alisa LaGamma, Donald J. La Rocca, Christian Larsen, Soyoung Lee, Denise Patry Leidy, Christopher S. Lightfoot, Charles T. Little, Mark P. McDonald, Constance McPhee, Joan R. Mertens, J. Kenneth Moore, Jeffrey Munger, Nadine M. Orenstein, Diana Craig Patch, Amelia Peck, Carlos A. Picón, Joanne Pillsbury, Stephen C. Pinson, Jessica Regan, Sabine Rewald, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Martina Rugiadi, Beth Saunders, Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Femke Speelberg, Perrin Stein, E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Pierre Terjanian, Thayer Tolles, Sheena Wagstaff, Stephan S. Wolohojian, and Sylvia Yount. Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 2014–2016: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v.74, no. 2 (Fall, 2016). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.

Alexander, David G. "The Guarded Tablet." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 24 (1989). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.

Alexander, David G. "Two Aspects of Islamic Arms and Armor: I. The Turban Helmet and II. Watered Steel and the Waters of Paradise." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 18 (1983). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.

Babaie, Sussan, and Marie Lukens Swietochowski. Persian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.

Bean, Jacob, Louise Condit, and Carl Christian Dauterman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 1 (Summer, 1964). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964.

Binney, Edwin. Turkish Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973.

Breck, Joseph and Frances Morris. The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, October, 1923

Bullock, Randolph. "Oriental Arms and Armor." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 5, no. 6 (February, 1947). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947.

Campbell, Thomas P. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (Arabic). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.

Campbell, Thomas P. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (German). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.

Campbell, Thomas P. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (Russian). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.

Campbell, Thomas P. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (Korean). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.

Carboni, Stefano, and David Whitehouse, with contributions by Robert H. Brill and William Gudenrath. Glass of the Sultans. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Carboni, Stefano, and Tomoko Masuya. Persian Tiles. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.

Carboni, Stefano. "Ars Vitraria: Glass in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 59, no. 1 (Summer, 2001). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Carboni, Stefano. Following the Stars: Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.

Chelkowski, Peter J. Mirror of the Invisible World: Tales from the Khamseh of Nizami. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

Chow, Fong, James David Draper, Richard Ettinghausen, Everett Fahy, Henry Geldzahler, Stephen V. Grancsay, Morrison H. Heckscher, Thomas Hoving, Marilynn Johnson, Oscar White Muscarella, John Goldsmith Phillips, Olga Raggio, and Emanuel Winternitz. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 30, no. 2 (October–November, 1971). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971.

Chow, Fong, Robert Goldwater, and Alexandrine St. Claire. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 9 (May, 1969). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969.

Cooper, Douglas, Arnold Lehman, and Stuart C. Welch. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 8 (April, 1971). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971.

Day, Florence E. "An Umayyad Pharmacist's Measuring Cup." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 11, no. 9 (May, 1953). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953.

Day, Florence E. "Mesopotamian manuscripts of Dioscorides." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 8, no. 9 (May, 1950). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950.

Day, Florence E. "Silks of the Near East." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 9, no. 4 (December, 1950). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950.

Diba, Layla S., with contributions by Stefano Carboni and Jean-François de Lapérouse. Turkmen Jewelry: Silver Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn Wolf Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.

Dillon, C. Douglas, James David Draper, and Nancy Kueffner. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 9 (May, 1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.

Dimand, M. S. A Handbook of Mohammedan Decorative Arts. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930.

Dimand, M.S., and Thomas P.F. Hoving. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 22, no. 10 (June, 1964). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "A Gift of Persian Silk Rugs." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 9, no. 5 (January, 1951). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1951.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "A Saljuk Incense Burner." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 10, no. 5 (January, 1952). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1952.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "An Enameled-Glass Bottle of the Mamluk Period." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 3, no. 3 (November, 1944). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "An Exhibition of Islamic and Indian Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 14, no. 4 (December, 1955). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1955.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "New Accessions of Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 16, no. 8 (April, 1958). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Rugs in the Altman Collection." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 13, no. 5 (January, 1955). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1955.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Saljuk Bronzes From Khurasan." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 4, no. 3 (November, 1945). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1945.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "The Horace Havemeyer Bequest of Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 15, no. 9 (May, 1957). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1957.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Treasures of Iranian Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 8, no. 5 (January, 1950). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Turkish Art of the Muhammadan Period." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 2, no. 7 (March, 1944). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Two Abbasid Straw Mats Made in Palestine." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 1, no. 1 (Summer, 1942). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. "Two Fifteenth Century Hispano-Moresque Rugs." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 22, no. 10 (June, 1964). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964.

Dimand, Maurice Sven. Persian Miniatures: A Picture Book. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, 1940

Dodds, Jerrilynn, ed., with essays by Daniel Walker, Oleg Grabar, Jerrilynn D. Dodds, Madinat al-Zahra, Antonio Vallejo Triano, Renata Holod, Cynthia Robinson, Juan Zozaya, Manuel Casamar Perez, Christian Ewert, Guillermo Rosselló Bordoy, Cristina Partearroyo, Sabiha Khemir, Dario Cabanelas Rodriguez, James Dickie, Jesús Bermúdez López, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Juan Vernet Ginés, and Juan Zozaya. Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.

Ekhtiar, Maryam, Priscilla Soucek, Sheila R. Canby, and Navina Najat Haidar. Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.

Ettinghausen, Richard. "Islamic Art": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 36, no. 2 (Fall, 1978). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978.

Ettinghausen, Richard. "Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 33, no. 1 (Spring, 1975). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

Ettinghausen, Richard. "Islamic Carpets: The Joseph V. McMullan Collection." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 28, no. 10 (June, 1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.

Ettinghausen, Richard. "Islamic Painting." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 36, no. 2 (Autumn, 1978). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978.

Galitz, Kathryn Calley. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, 2016

Gough, Michael. "Alahan Monastery: A Masterpiece of Early Christian Architecture." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 10 (June, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Grancsay, Stephen V. "The New Galleries of Oriental Arms and Armor." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 16, no. 9 (May, 1958). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958.

Grube, Ernst J. "Art Treasures of Turkey." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 5 (January, 1968). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.

Grube, Ernst J. "The Art of Islamic Pottery." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 6 (February, 1965). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965.

Grube, Ernst J. "The Galleries of Islamic Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 23, no. 6 (February, 1965).. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965.

Grube, Ernst J. "The Miniatures of Shiraz." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 21, no. 9 (May, 1963). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963.

Grube, Ernst J. "Two Hispano-Islamic Silks." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 19, no. 3 (November, 1960). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960.

Haidar, Navina Najat and Courtney Ann Stewart. Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.

Harper, Prudence Oliver. "A Man's Caftan and Leggings from the North Caucasus of the Eighth to Tenth Century: Introduction." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 36 (2001). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Haskell, Francis. "The Benjamin Altman Bequest." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 3 (1970). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.

Jenkins, Marilyn, and Manuel Keene. Islamic Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.

Jenkins, Marilyn. "Islamic Pottery: A Brief History." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 40, no. 4 (Spring, 1983). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.

Kajitani, Nobuko. "A Man's Caftan and Leggings from the North Caucasus of the Eighth to Tenth century: A Conservator's Report." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 36 (2001). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Knauer, Elfriede Regina. "A Man's Caftan and Leggings from the North Caucasus of the Eighth to Tenth century: A Genealogical Study." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 36 (2001). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.

Knauer, Elfriede Regina. "Marble Jar-Stands from Egypt." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 14 (1979). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.

McAllister, Hannah E. "A Shah-Nama of 1482." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 2, no. 3 (November, 1943). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943.

Nickel, Helmut. "Some Heraldic Fragments Found at Castle Montfort/Starkenberg in 1926, and the Arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights." Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 24 (1989). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.

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Pease, Murray. "Two Bowls In One." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 16, no. 8 (April, 1958). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958.

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Walter B. Denny. How to Read Islamic Carpets. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 15, 2014.

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Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "Fashion and Technique in Persian Pottery." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 6, no. 3 (November, 1947). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947.

Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "Heating and Cooking in Nishapur." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 2, no. 10 (June, 1944). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944.

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Online Titles

"The Metropolitan Museum's Excavations at Nishapur." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

Al-Saleh, Yasmine. "Amulets and Talismans from the Islamic World." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

Denny, Walter. "Islamic Carpets in European Paintings." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

Department of Islamic Art. "Turkmen Jewelry." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

Ekhtiar, Maryam D. and Claire Moore, ed. Art of the Islamic World: A Resource for Educators. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.

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Kamada, Yumiko. "The Mantiq al-Tayr of 1487." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

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