Turkish Crystallographic Patterns: From Ancient To Present Hacali Necefoğlu Department of Chemistry, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey Symmetry and Crystallography in Turkish Art and Culture Satellite Conference of the ECM-25 Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 August 2009
One ought not even to start the search for the purest forms in art without basing it on the examples from the heritage of the past. Paul Valéry
Prof. Khudu S. Mamedov (1927 1988) (Photograph by I. Hargittai)
Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov 1891-1982
xonotlite [Ca6Si6O17(OH)2] wollastonite [Ca3Si3O9]
The structure of xonotlite The structure of Si6O17 anion
Crystal structure of wollastonite
Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Double Wing
Crystal and Molecular Structure Laboratory at the Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, 14.12.1977
Memory of Ornaments Baku, 1981 Istanbul, 1996
Kh. S. Mamedov, I. Hargittai, I. Amiraslan
Berde Tomb
Mumine Hatun Tomb
Karabağlar Tomb
la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah, salla Allah alaihi
14th century Ilkhanid silver coins
Shayh Safi Tomb
Wall pattern of The Mausoleum of Tughluq Temur
Tomb of the Khoja Ahmad Yasavi, Kazakistan
The Aq Saray palace, Uzbekistan
The Shrine complex of Jamal al-din, Turkmenistan
Tomb of Zeynel Bey
Ornament from Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque
Topkapı Architectural Design Scroll
Topkapı Architectural Design Scroll
Six Ali medalion from Shirvanshah Palace, Baku
Aksaray, Sultan Hanı
Six Ali medalion from the Masjid-i Jami, Varzana
Structure of quartz
The Green Tomb, Bursa
Decoration from Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Pattern from Seljuk Palace in Ani, Kars
Pattern from Sahip Ata Mosque
Pattern from Bursa Green Mosque
Basket belonged to Amerikan Indians
Pattern on ceramic from Azerbaijan Museum in Tabriz
Portal from the Darb-i Imam Shrine at Isfahan
in all these countries words were used as design elements for creation of CPs, and along with words these patterns may be considered as different examples periodic tiling of the plane with polygons. And it is not surprising that they happened to be isomorphic with inorganic crystals which have been decoded in our own time... From the fact that words and phrases were widely used as pattern elements one might conclude that indeed the inclination toward geometric patterns is connected with the Islamic religion. Here arises a natural question: If this is really so, then such a trend should not be observed before Islam Kh. S. Mamedov
The miniature from Shah-Nama
Scythian beast style
SHAH ABBAS
Four Horses by Reza Abbasi
Townfolk Nomads the surroundings the art objects geometrical natural natural geometrical
An ornament on ceramic, Tomsk, Russia
Example of Altaic culture
Seals from Kazakh, Azerbaijan
Pattern on Bayazid-i Bistami Tomb, ALİ (Quadruple)
Quadruple ornaments Ali, Muhammad, Allah from Friday Mosque of Isfahan
The ornament on bronze axes, Osetia, Rep. of Georgia
Seals from Altyn-Depe, Turkmenistan
KARS / ANI
Ornaments on ceramic from Kara Kum excavation, Turkmenistan
Stone seal from Anau, Turkmenistan
Comparison of Anau pattern with carpet pattern
Çatalhöyük, 6000 BC Anatolian kilim (Kastamonu)
I.R. Amiraslanov. An ornament and a hypothetical structure. Subsequently, it was realized from chemical elements for a Fe4Ni3B4O15
I.R. Amiraslanov. Crystallographic pattern. A hypothetical structure.
Mamedov was a great loss to us because he connected directly the age-old nomadic society and the modern trans-national scientific community and was able to explain the one to the other Alan L. Mackay
To Dr. Mamedov whose contribution to crystal chemistry link the properties of life to those of mineral chemistry. J. D. Bernal
Birds by Kh. S. Mamedov
Gulls by Kh. S. Mamedov
Birds by Kh. S. Mamedov
Beetles by Kh. S. Mamedov
Spherical composition The World of ImAm s Dream
Fishes by Imameddin Amiraslan. 5-fold point symmetry
Composition by Ilham Enveroğlu
Composition by Ilham Enveroğlu
Khudu in kufic script by Hacali Necefoğlu
Vatan ( Homeland ) in kufic script by Hacali Necefoğlu
Nizami in kufic script by Hacali Necefoğlu
Turkan in kufic script by Hacali Necefoğlu