Islamic Geometric Art
Art style · 11 words
Star polygons repeating without end, mathematical symmetry, no images.
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in Iran 1540s–50, active in India 1555–1580) (c. 1556–60; border c. 1602) · Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album · CC0
Feeling words
- infinity
- repeat pattern
- bilateral symmetry
- schematized
- modular grid
- edge-to-edge
- intricacy
- uniformity
- impersonality
- cipher
- regularity
Generation prompt
All-over geometric pattern, stars and polygons repeating endlessly around a single point, edges cropped to show continuation; ultramarine, turquoise, white and ochre gold; flat directionless light, layers separated by colour lines; tile and carved stucco with visible joints; two-dimensional surface. Avoid human figures.