[Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at London Knowledge Lab: October 13, 'Practical Geometry and the Language of Symmetry in Islamic Art'

[Phillip Kent]

I may be able to organise a video recording of the seminar and put it 
online, but no promises for that.

Richard Henry has a website with images and papers to download: 
www.richardhenry.info

- Phillip

Tomalin, Jo wrote:
> For those of us who work too far away and have too many teaching commitments to get to London for this, could you refer us to any published material on this fascinating topic?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jo Tomalin
> Maths Education Centre
> Sheffield Hallam
>
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> PRACTICAL GEOMETRY AND THE LANGUAGE OF SYMMETRY IN ISLAMIC ART
>
> An LKL Maths-Art Seminar
> by
> Richard Henry
> Tuesday 13 October, 6.00 - 7.30pm
>
> I am particularly interested in practical geometrical methods, using
> compass and straight edge, for pattern construction for artists and
> craftspeople, and have explored these in my own works in painting, print
> and tile-mosaic. In this talk I will illustrate some of these methods
> for setting out patterns.
>
> My work draws considerable inspiration from Islamic art, its history,
> craft techniques and geometrical ideas. I have a deep interest in the
> mystical philosophy that underlies the art and how this influences the
> design of Islamic buildings, with their special sense of sublime
> tranquility that is often experienced. In explaining these I will
> present images from an extensive field study that I carried out in Iran.
> I will also discuss the occurrence of "non-periodic" tilings in medieval
> Iranian  designs, and how these are related to the modern mathematical
> theory of Penrose tilings.
>
> RICHARD HENRY is an artist and teacher with a specialism in Islamic
> geometric tiling. He has developed and taught  courses for the British
> Museum & Birkbeck's College, and is a visiting lecturer at The Slade
> School of Fine Art and The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, and an
> associate lecturer for the Open University. He has also worked on
> several school projects exploring links between geometry and art.
>
> TIME: 6.00 - 7.30pm, Tuesday 13 October 2009
> PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS
> [Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]
>
> All welcome. No reservation required, but an email to
> lkl.maths.art at gmail.com would be appreciated for planning purposes
>
> Next seminar: 10 November, Balint Bolygo [www.balintbolygo.com]
>
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