Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Islamic Geometric Pattern: Derive the unit from the construction circle and size the field in whole units.
- Type
- Set in Islamic Geometric Pattern's manner (If lettering enters, give it its own band and leave the grid intact.), and let Iznik Pottery's lettering (If you use lettering, run it as a band and give it the same rank as the ground pattern.) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Islamic Geometric Pattern's material (Pierced stone, assembled wood, inlaid tile, crossings shown as level changes.); bring in exactly one thing from Iznik Pottery (Transparent glaze over a white body, with the red raised to give relief.).
- Colour
- Build on #e6d4a7, #3d7692, #6c4c38 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Islamic Geometric Pattern Star shapes pasted together without the construction leave lines that miss at the crossings, and the error multiplies when repeated. The Islamic world is not one culture, so check region, dynasty, material and use.
- Iznik Pottery Tiling the ornament flat loses the logic of the vessel. The handling of the curve and the rim is the pivot of the style.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Islamic Geometric Pattern (Technique, 8th century–) and its accent from Iznik Pottery (Style, 15th–17th century). Structural cues: Compass construction; Star forms; Repeating units; Interlacing lines. Accent cues, used sparingly: The brilliance of a white body under transparent glaze; Cobalt blue and a red that stands in relief; Spiralling plant ornament; A continuous composition turning around a curved surface. Composition: Derive the unit from the construction circle and size the field in whole units.. Type and lettering: If lettering enters, give it its own band and leave the grid intact.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Transparent glaze over a white body, with the red raised to give relief.. Mood: Calm, Luxury, Trust, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e6d4a7, #3d7692, #6c4c38 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Islamic Geometric Pattern 8th century– / Technique / Ornament
Divides, repeats and combines circles, squares, polygons and stars, building infinite extension and order on a finite plane.
- Iznik Pottery 15th–17th century / Style / Ceramic Styles
The pottery reached by the Ottoman kilns, setting brilliant blue and red on a white body. Tulips and carnations turn in spirals around the curve of the vessel, and on the wall tiles of a mosque geometry and plant ornament coexist on a single surface.
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