eprintid: 17446
rev_number: 33
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1371
dir: disk0/00/01/74/46
datestamp: 2015-01-30 12:39:46
lastmod: 2021-11-18 12:43:20
status_changed: 2015-01-30 12:39:46
type: MovingImage
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Dold-Samplonius, Yvonne
creators_name: Harmsen, Silvia 
creators_name: Krömker, Susanne
creators_name: Winckler, Michael J. 
title: Magic of Muqarnas
title_en: Magic of Muqarnas
subjects: ddc-510
subjects: ddc-720
divisions: i-708000
keywords: al-Kashi, Takht-i Suleyman
cterms_swd: Muqarnas
cterms_swd: Islamic Architecture
cterms_swd: History of Mathematics
abstract: Muqarnas - stalactite vaults - form an essential part of Islamic architecture. The first written reference on the geometrical concepts dates back to a treatise by the famous Islamic mathematician and astronomer al-Kashi (died 1429). The relation between layout and spatial arrangement is the topic of this video.
First, historical sites of muqarnas around the Mediterranian Sea and in Middle Asia are shown. Then follows an introduction to the basic concepts of muqarnas construction with the help of computer graphics. The various elements are visualized and the connection between erected vaults and their 2D projections is explained.
The focus point of reconstructing muqarnas lies in Iran. Turning to a still existing niche of the Friday Mosque at Natanz, the film continues with a reconstruction of a vault corresponding to the oldest known muqarnas design, found at Takht-i Suleyman. Finally, animations of illuminated muqarnas at Bastam reveal the fine art of both architecture and computer graphics.
abstract_translated_text: The video has a language selection for 

Arabic
English
German
Persian
Turkish
abstract_translated_lang: mul
date: 2005-03
ubhd_kollation: Duration 18 min
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00017446
official_url: https://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/detail/1366478
ppn_swb: 1654749451
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-174460
language: eng
bibsort: DOLDSAMPLOMAGICOFMUQ200503
full_text_status: none
citation:   Dold-Samplonius, Yvonne ; Harmsen, Silvia  ; Krömker, Susanne ; Winckler, Michael J.   (2005) Magic of Muqarnas.  [Video]