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The 21 pages that link to Islamic geometric patterns, each with the reason it gives.

• Islamic architectureRelated: These patterns create complex surface decoration across buildings without relying on figural imagery.

• Islamic artRelated: Their interlacing structures create ornament across tilework, wood, stone, and manuscripts.

• Islamic calligraphyCompared with: Geometric ornament offers a nonverbal visual tradition often paired with calligraphic inscriptions.

• MosaicRelated: Mosaics became one medium for building intricate geometric surfaces in Islamic architecture.

• MihrabRelated: Geometric ornament frequently frames or fills mihrab surfaces.

• TessellationRelated: Many designs use repeating polygonal arrangements closely related to tessellations.

• AniconismRelated: They are a prominent decorative mode in settings where figural imagery is restricted or avoided.

• MuqarnasRelated: Their repeated geometry often coordinates with muqarnas layouts.

• Safavid artRelated: Geometric ornament appears alongside floral and calligraphic designs in Safavid buildings and crafts.

• Islamic gardenRelated: Their principles of repetition and symmetry also shape garden layouts.

• Abbasid architectureRelated: Geometric decoration complements the carved vegetal ornament found in Abbasid architectural settings.

• M. C. EscherRelated: Their interlocking structures inspired Escher’s sustained experiments with tessellation.

• Moorish architectureRelated: Their repeating geometry organizes ornament across surfaces without relying on figurative imagery.

• Petronas TowersRelated: The towers’ floor plan draws on an eight-pointed star associated with Islamic design.

• Geometric artBroader topic: They demonstrate how geometry can create intricate ornament across architecture and objects.

• Azadi TowerRelated: Geometric ornament connects the tower’s modern structure to Iranian decorative traditions.

• Star polygonRelated: Star polygons provide recurring motifs in many geometric pattern traditions.

• Hâfız OsmanRelated: Manuscript decoration placed his lettering within a broader visual language of ordered form.

• Islamic cultureRelated: Their repeated forms became a distinctive visual language across regions.

• Mathematics and artBroader topic: Their transformations and tilings demonstrate geometry as an artistic language.

• KuficRelated: Square Kufic can make letters participate in patterns built from geometric repetition.