A) Trapezoids and crescents B) Squares and circles C) Ovals and diamonds D) Triangles and rectangles
A) Scattered, cropped and faded B) Graduated, mirrored and inverted C) Stacked, separated and aligned D) Repeated, overlapped and interlaced
A) 10-pointed star B) 8-pointed star C) 5-pointed star D) 6-pointed star
A) Four diamonds joined at the center B) Two equilateral triangles overlapping C) Three intersecting circles D) Two squares, one rotated 45 degrees
A) Helix B) Polygon C) Ellipse D) Parabola
A) Decagons and dodecagons B) Scalene and isosceles triangles C) Pentagons and octagons D) Hexagons and heptagons
A) Projections and inversions B) Reflections and rotations C) Translations and scaling only D) Asymmetry and distortion
A) They form closed finite loops B) They mimic biological cell structures C) They represent strict numerical sequences D) They can extend indefinitely to suggest infinity
A) Ruler and compass B) Calligraphy pen and ink C) Computer software and a plotter D) Protractor and set square
A) An unnamed Spanish historian B) Roman Verostko C) Ernest Hanbury Hankin D) Mohammed Ali
A) Industrial machine weaving B) Renaissance perspective painting C) Classical Greek architecture D) Modern algorithmic art
A) Unity and diversity in nature B) Infinity and eternal time C) Power and divine authority D) Perfection and closed borders
A) Yazd, Persia B) Granada, Spain C) Sikandra, India D) Istanbul, Turkey
A) Six B) Four C) Eight D) Twelve
A) Regular octagon B) Square C) Regular hexagon D) Equilateral triangle
A) Six-pointed star surrounded by six smaller irregular hexagons B) Eight-pointed star surrounded by squares C) Twelve-pointed star surrounded by triangles D) Five-pointed star surrounded by pentagons
A) In gold leaf B) In blue C) In black ink D) In white
A) A red geometric border of bricks B) An intersecting tracery in blue around tiles of other colours C) A golden lattice of carved wood D) A plaster molding of floral motifs
A) The Mohammed Ali Research Center B) The Sikandra Tomb C) The Alhambra Palace D) The Topkapı Scroll
A) Ernest Hanbury Hankin B) Roman Verostko C) Mohammed Ali D) An unnamed Spanish mathematician
A) A repeating script of Arabic calligraphy B) A design created entirely from freehand curved brushstrokes C) A mosaic made exclusively of circular ceramic tiles D) A pattern formed with the help of construction lines consisting of polygons in contact
A) They must form perfect circles B) They must be completely filled with gold C) They must be reasonably symmetrical D) They must remain entirely empty
A) Pentagons B) Squares C) Hexagons D) Triangles
A) Akbar's tomb, Sikandra B) The Yazd mosque C) The Alhambra palace D) The Topkapı Scroll
A) 1605–1613 B) 1400–1450 C) 1480–1520 D) 1800–1810
A) Their ability to weave silk carpets without a loom B) Their skill in discovering suitable combinations of polygons C) Their speed in carving stone arches D) Their talent for mixing chemical blue pigments
A) Exactly one third B) Exactly one half C) The entire star D) Exactly one quarter
A) The entire star B) Exactly three quarters C) Exactly one quarter D) Exactly one half
A) Timurid dynasty Iran in the late-15th century or beginning of the 16th century B) Safavid Persia in the 18th century C) Mughal India in the early 17th century D) Nasrid Granada in the 14th century
A) 114 B) 6 C) 5 D) 17
A) Coloured designs for girih tilings and muqarnas quarter or semidomes B) Sketches of floral wallpaper groups C) Diagrams of textile weaving and carpet knots D) Monochrome blueprints for stone arches and minarets
A) Yazd, Persia B) Sikandra, India C) Istanbul, Turkey D) Granada, Spain
A) The mathematical properties of its decorative tile and stucco patterns B) The agricultural yield of its gardens C) The hydraulic system of its fountains D) The acoustic engineering of its throne room
A) They found only 5 wallpaper groups there B) They found zero repeating symmetry groups there C) They proved wallpaper groups were not used there D) They found most or all of the 17 wallpaper groups there
A) Direct historical documentation B) Dubious grounds C) Mathematical proof D) Scientific certainty
A) 14th to 19th centuries B) 10th to 12th centuries C) 15th to 20th centuries D) 12th to 16th centuries
A) 12 B) 5 C) 17 D) 8
A) p6mm and p2mm B) cmmm and pmg2 C) p4gm and p1mm D) p4mm and c2mm
A) p4gm and p31m B) p4mm and c2mm C) p6mm and p2mm D) pmm and pmg
A) p4mm B) p6mm C) c2mm D) p4gm
A) The Hankin polygon grid method B) The 'Hasba' (measure) method C) The Topkapı compass method D) The Verostko algorithmic method
A) n-fold rosettes B) Concentric circles C) Octagon grids D) Intersecting squares
A) Figurative images B) Calligraphy C) Plant forms D) Geometric shapes
A) Girih B) Kilim C) Zellij D) Jali
A) Jali B) Zellij C) Muqarnas D) Girih
A) M. C. Escher B) Paul Steinhardt C) Keith Critchlow D) David Wade E) Peter J. Lu
A) Aniconism B) Figurative worship C) Calligraphy D) Naturalism
A) Preservation B) Isolation C) Imitation D) Transformation
A) Objects of worship B) Strict moral criteria C) Figurative representations D) Windows onto the infinite
A) Doris Behrens-Abouseif B) David Wade C) Paul Steinhardt D) Keith Critchlow
A) Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia B) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo C) Barsian Mosque, Persia D) Al-Juyushi Mosque, Egypt
A) 1067 B) 836 C) 1220 D) 1086
A) Abbasid palace B) Hasan Sadaqah mausoleum C) Al-Juyushi Mosque D) Sultan Hassan complex
A) Spanish Al-Andalus B) Persia C) Central Asia D) Egypt
A) Jameh Mosque of Isfahan B) Barsian Mosque C) Tower of Kharaqan D) Alâeddin Mosque
A) Muqarnas B) Zellij C) Kilim D) Shakaba
A) Isfahan B) Cairo C) Baghdad D) Aleppo
A) An abstract 6-point star B) A lozenge containing a square C) A small 8-petalled flower D) A 16-point geometric rosette
A) Ancient Egyptian architecture B) Roman classical architecture C) Gothic European architecture D) Persian Islamic architecture
A) Solid marble slabs B) Cut brickwork C) Cast iron D) Pressed cardboard
A) Polished granite tilework B) Terrazzo flooring tiles C) Mosaic faience tilework D) Plain ceramic subway tilework
A) Umayyad dynasty period B) Ottoman Tanzimat period C) Abbasid golden age D) Safavid period
A) As carved stone pillars B) As painted canvas rolls C) As lattice frames D) As woven tapestries
A) Yes B) No, only in military fortifications C) No, only in sacred buildings D) No, only in secular buildings
A) A random splash of ink B) A partially hidden geometric grid C) A completely visible organic flower vine D) A set of freehand animal sketches
A) Rotational symmetries B) Linear gradient C) Random distortion D) Translational asymmetry
A) Biomorphic B) Abstractly random C) Geometric D) Asymmetrical
A) Thin metal wires B) Plaster ridges C) Painted brush strokes D) Straps
A) Only in woodwork B) No C) Yes, completely D) Only in brickwork
A) The political leadership hierarchy B) The 'epistemological quest' C) The military conquest strategy D) The economic trade system
A) Embossed leather book covers B) Metal dishes C) Flatwoven carpets D) Pierced stone screens
A) Sinan the Architect B) Eva Baer C) Hamilton Gibb D) Laurie Baker
A) The price of the carpet B) Specific regions C) Individual weavers' ages D) The season of the year
A) Map coordinates B) Numerical codes C) Trademarks D) Symbolic
A) 1950 B) 1883 C) 1200 D) 1797
A) Lead B) Iron C) Wood D) Stucco
A) Sheki B) Tunisia C) Amsterdam D) Raqqa
A) Azerbaijan B) Spain C) Turkey D) Yemen
A) Damascus B) Sana'a C) Raqqa D) Tunisia
A) Tunisia B) Spain C) Azerbaijan D) Syria
A) Stucco paste B) Colored wax C) Enamel paints D) Liquid gold
A) Turkey B) Morocco C) The Netherlands D) Egypt
A) Allah B) M. C. Escher C) The Prince of Wales D) Roger Penrose
A) 124 B) 5 C) 283 D) 70
A) New York B) Istanbul C) London D) Isfahan
A) British tile-makers B) Dutch artists C) Venetian merchants D) Islamic physicists
A) Roger Penrose B) M. C. Escher C) Carol Bier D) Ahmad Rafsanjani
A) Peter J. Lu B) Craig S. Kaplan C) Jay Bonner D) Paul Steinhardt
A) Allah B) Zellij craftsman C) Eric Broug D) Venetian merchant
A) M. C. Escher B) Roger Penrose C) Hacali Necefoğlu D) Craig S. Kaplan
A) Carol Bier B) Reza Sarhangi C) Eric Broug D) Jay Bonner
A) Auxetic rubber sheets B) Vegetal forms C) Quasi-periodic tilings D) Glazed terracotta tilework
A) Ahmad Rafsanjani B) Peter J. Lu C) Craig S. Kaplan D) Paul Steinhardt
A) Roger Penrose B) Carol Bier C) Jay Bonner D) M. C. Escher
A) 2016 B) 1973 C) 2013 D) 2007
A) Darb-e Imam shrine B) Alhambra C) Metropolitan Museum of Art D) Victoria and Albert Museum
A) Craig S. Kaplan B) Peter J. Lu C) Ahmad Rafsanjani D) Paul Steinhardt
A) Glazed terracotta tiles B) Perforated rubber sheets C) Woven silk and brass D) Rosewood and ebony
A) 70 B) 124 C) 5 D) 283
A) Woven silk B) Perforated rubber C) Stucco D) Ivory |