Photograph

Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs

01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Seven photographs, one color of the whole carpet, and another one with emphasis on details; also five black and white photos of sketches depicting carpet details and its overall structure, with emphasis on its field of centers.

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W

Content of

Work of Art

Seljuk Prayer carpet

Carpet Collection

13th century fragmentary prayer rug, 127cm x 170cm, Konya, Central Antolia; sold on 7-Nov-2017, at Sotheby’s auction.

Contents

Photographs

Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug -sketch 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug -sketch-inv 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug -sketch of border with its centers 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W
Seljuk Prayer Carpet: Photographs Seljuk prayer rug -sketch of niche with its centers 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W

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References

Scientific Research

Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields of Centers

Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
Wholeness and the Theory of Centers

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields of Centers

Christoper Alexander defined and described wholeness as an idea to view and shape space, and searched for ways to formulate and represent wholeness in precise terms, as a structure. He idenfied the entities with 'strength' give structure to what is ...