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Flowered Carpet with Giant Central Medallion: Photographs

01/01/1993

Carpet, Carpet Patterns

Five photographs of the carpet.

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Work of Art 1 Items

Flowered carpet with Giant Central Medallion

Carpet Collection

15th century fragmented ‘Karapinar’ carpet, 194cm x 264cm, Karapinar, South Central Anatolia; sold on 7-Nov-2017, at Sotheby’s auction .

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Scientific Research 2 Items

Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties

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

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 ...