Bier, Carol
1987 Court and Commerce, in Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran (16th-19th Centuries). Pp. 97-106. The Textile Museum, Washington.

Analysis of repeat patterns in Safavid carpets.

Bourgoin, J.
1973 Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design. Dover, New York.

1985 Arabic Allover Patterns [abridged edition]. Dover, New York.

Line-drawings of Islamic geometric patterns, based on monuments of Cairo.

Critchlow, Keith
1976 Islamic Patterns. Schocken Books, New York.

Analyzes geometry of patterns in Islamic art; attributes esoteric, spiritual, and philosophical meaning within Islam.

al-Faruqi, I. R. and al-Faruqi L. L.
1986 The Arts, and Ornamentation in Islamic Arts, chs. 8 and 21, The Cultural Atlas of Islam. MacMillan, New York.

Addresses spiritual concepts in Islam, and discusses their influence in Islamic art. Much of the discussion focuses on pattern and design.

Gombrich, E.H.
1979 The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.

Discusses ornament and decoration in art. Well-illustrated. Gombrich is one of the outstanding intellectual historians of Western art in the twentieth century and is particularly concerned with issues of perception.

Justema, W.
1976 Pattern: A Historical Panorama. New York Graphic Society, Boston.

Explores pattern in general, with chapters arranged according to design motifs.

Regensteinir, E.
1986 Geometric Design in Weaving. Schiffer Publications Ltd., West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Explores possibilities of geometric design from point of view of weavers and artists; chapter also on rug techniques.

Shubnikov, A.V. and Koptsik, V.A.
1974 Symmetry in Science and Art. Plenum Press, New York and London.

Mathematical approach to understanding symmetry and symmetrical patterns; some sections are highly technical.

Walker, T. and Padwick, R.
1977 Pattern: Its Structure and Geometry. Sunderland Arts Centre.

Geometrical approach to pattern including introductory discussion on the mathematical analysis of pattern.

Washburn, D. and Crowe, D.
1988 Symmetries of Culture: Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern Analysis. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London.

Analyzes repeat patterns through mathematical principles of symmetry; considered a standard for application of symmetry studies to cultural artifacts.

Wilson, Eva
1988 Islamic Designs. British Museum Publications, London.

100 pages of designs with short text; 13 pages of introductory text.

Compiled 5/90 by Lorna Carmel
Revised 3/97 by Carol Bier