1. Art & Maths Decoration and Pattern

2. Lesson 1

3. Map of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington
Map of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East

4. Islamic Metalwork Recap
Important words: engraving, motif, symmetry
Types of decoration and pattern:
Calligraphy
(decorative writing the earliest form of calligraphy is called Kufic)
Scrolling/ growing
forms (from nature)
Geometric
(abstract shapes)

5. geometry definition: A type of maths that looks at the properties, measurement, and relations of points, lines, angles, surfaces (2D), and solids (3D).

6. Technique: take a closer look
BUCKET (detail), North-West Iran or Turkey, c Brass engraved with silver The decoration features knots, cross-hatchings and delicate curving forms

7. THE COURTAULD BAG, Mosul, Northern Iraq, 1300-1330.
Brass, raised, engraved and inlaid with gold, silver and black material

8. Fantastical creatures & mythical beasts
Italian Ceramics Recap
Important words: Renaissance, Majolica, rotation
Types of decoration and pattern:
Fantastical creatures & mythical beasts
Natural forms
The grotesque (Roman decoration)

9. Lesson 2

10. Honey comb – the hexagons are thought to be for storing the largest possible amount of honey while using the least amount of wax.

11. Snow flakes – three lines of symmetry

12. Can you work out the sequence?
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 …

13. The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. Starting with 0 and 1: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 …
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 = 13
= 21
= 34
= 55

16. Sunflower seed spirals

17. Pinecone spirals

18. How many spirals?

20. Lesson 3

21. Stained glass in Dolat Abad garden wind tower building in Yazd, Iran

22. Nasir al Molk Mosque Shiraz Iran

23. Stained Glass Ceiling at Beit Al-Quran Museum, Manama, Bahrain

24. Sheki Khan palace interior, 18th century

25. Geometric latticework (jali) at Salim Christi Tomb in Fatehpur Sikri.

26. Shadows provide added surface decoration

27. According to Islamic faith, light represents God

28. Lesson 4

29. Star and hexagonal tile panel. Iran, Nishapur, late 13th–14th century
Star and hexagonal tile panel. Iran, Nishapur, late 13th–14th century. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

30. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Tahir (decorator), Panel of moulded lustre star tiles, Kashan, Iran, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.