Abstract
This study will examine the role of geometric patterns in selected examples of Egyptian architecture, interior architecture and art. Ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Islamic periods are the selected historical ages from Egyptian heritage due to the abundance of different works and styles with geometric pattern characteristics during their periods. In addition to the historical periods, the study will demonstrate some selected models from Egyptian contemporary architecture and arts. These models include architectural projects, traditional craft products and artistic works with geometrical characteristics. The study aims, through the extracted information, to increase the awareness about the effective role of geometric patterns as an architectural and artistic capability and to clarify the degree of freedom, flexibility and functionality as an inherent feature through demonstrating the different practices, styles and materials.
Highlights
Geometric patterns are employed by architects, interior architects and fine art artists to create a wide range of designs including textiles, ceramics, metalwork, architectural elements, and manuscripts
"Geometric ornamentation in Islamic art suggests that complex arrangements and combinations of elements are infinitely expandable; the frame surrounding a pattern appears to be arbitrary and the basic arrangement sometimes provides a unit from which the rest of the design can be both predicted and projected" (Fukushima C, 2004)
There are the smaller domes with geometrically cut colored glass that appear like jewel, Figure [], windows on the upper floors besides those in the halls and rooms covered with colored glass, Figure [], and the Ceiling is decorated with many shapes of geometric patterns, Figure [], these are some explicit examples from Bayt el Suhaymi
Summary
Geometric patterns are employed by architects, interior architects and fine art artists to create a wide range of designs including textiles, ceramics, metalwork, architectural elements, and manuscripts. It considers one of the main matching points between architecture and arts through providing a variety of shapes, forms, models and formulas. "The simple forms of the circle, square, and straight line are the basis of the patterns These elements are combined, duplicated, interlaced, and arranged in intricate combinations. "Geometric proportions in architectural patterns represent a design language, as words do in a spoken language They determine the frameworks within which elements are arranged into a pattern, a relation between one element and another, and a proportional relation within one element. Remarkable features showing that in spite of the religious variations between Islam and Christianity, there are many common features in Egyptian society with the same realization and taste in the areas which geometrical patterns work
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