what is the obsession with geometry and symmetry in Arabic art and architecture?

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Having my mind blown visiting the Alhambra palace. It’s sensory overload. How come so much of the art is geometric? Was it a fashion spawned by discovery or invention or what?

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A great book about this is: Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe

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