A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
Wonderful, peaceful, and delightful to read. Alexander does such a good job...
Christopher Alexander owns what many now believe to be the finest collection of early Turkish carpets in the western world, with perhaps half being the only specimens of their kind anywhere. In this richly illustrated, oversized volume--featuring four hundred illustrations, eighty in full color--Alexander takes readers on an engaging tour of his fabulous collection. Readers will see a 13th-century Seljuk Carpet with Dragons, a 15th-century Animal Carpet, a scarlet-niched Transylvanian Prayer Rug, a turquoise Lattice Carpet from Alcaraz, a 16th-century blue Medallion Keyhole Design from Bergama, a rare 16th-century White Field Bird Carpet, the dazzling color and brilliant geometry of a 15th-century Karapinar with Three Gulls, and perhaps Alexander's favorite, a 15th-century Star Karapinar with Flowers (whose...
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- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9780195208665 / 195208668
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Wonderful, peaceful, and delightful to read. Alexander does such a good job of showing centres and making them look like magic.
