Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs

01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Eight photographs, one color photo of the whole carpet, and another one in black and white. Two color photos of carpet details and three black and white with sketches of details.

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

Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns

Carpet Collection

16th century prayer carpet, 194cm x 264cm, Konya District, South Central Anatolia; sold on 7-Nov-2017, at Sotheby’s auction .

Contents

Photographs

Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Coupled column prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Coupled column prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Coupled column prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Coupled column prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Coupled column prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Sketch from the prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Sketch from the prayer rug with eight columns 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
Coupled Column Prayer Rug with Eight Columns: Photographs Sketch from the prayer rug with eight columns 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 ...