Sacred Geometry Lecture and Workshop Series
September 13-15 at Rice University (various, see below)
The Islamic Art Revival Series (IARS) is an Interfaith program designed to build bridges of interfaith and intercultural understanding through the arts. Along with the Islamic Arts Revival Series, Memnosyne Institute, and Aramco, The Boniuk Institute is pleased to co-host this series of lectures and interactive workshops. Join London-based artists Adam Williamson and Richard Henry explore sacred geometry as a universal language across Christian, Islamic, Vedic, Celtic, Chinese, and Native American traditions that inspires art, architecture, urban design, and more.
Click on the events below to learn more information and register. Lectures are free and open to the public. Workshops have a limited number of seats and registration costs are being underwritten by the Boniuk Institute.
September 13:
6:45 - 10:30pm at Sewall Hall, Room 301
A lecture exploring sacred geometry as a universal language across world culture. We will look at patterns and principles shared between a range of world traditions, including Christian, Islamic, Vedic and Native Americans. Themes explored will include geometric symbolism within architecture, the order of nature and harmony and proportion.
September 14:
7:00 - 10:00pm at Mechanical Lab, Room 254
An interactive workshop exploring sacred geometry as a universal language across world culture. We will look at patterns and principles shared between a range of world traditions, including Christian, Islamic, Vedic and Native American. Themes explored geometric symbolism within architecture, the order of nature and harmony and proportion. Registration is capped at 20 participants, click here to reserve your spot.
September 15:
12:45 - 3:00pm at Sewall Hall, Room 560
How does order unfold in 3 dimensional space? In this lecture and interactive workshop participants are introduced to the Platonic Solids and Archimedean Solids, consider their symbolism and explore the principles underlying their structures. We will consider the underlying symbolism as well as connection to forms within the natural world. Registration is capped at 20 participants, click here to reserve your spot.
3:45 - 6:00pm at Mechanical Lab, Room 254
How, why and where are vegetal motifs used in Islamic art and what is their symbolism? In the interactive part of the workshop students with have the opportunity to develop the necessary qualities of line through free hand drawings and explore pattern development using underlying structural grids and geometric operations. Registration is capped at 20 participants, click here to reserve your spot.
7:00 - 10:00pm at Mechanical Lab, Room 254
What are the common floral and vegetal motifs found across Christian, Islamic, Celtic, Chinese and Native American traditions and what distinctive cultural characteristics do they exhibit? Is there a transcultural symbolism associated with these motifs? In the interactive part of the workshop, students explore a range of traditional motifs both through free-hand drawing and pattern development using geometric principles. Registration is capped at 20 participants, click here to reserve your spot.
For a full list of IARS events happening across Texas throughout September and October, please visit: http://islamicartrevival.com/events/
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