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Discovering Geometry
Inspiration is needed in
geometry, just as much as in
poetry. - Alksandr
Pushkin
Geometry in Nature
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Native American
Roman 12th Century
Turkish 16th Century Egyptian 15th Century
Islamic
Senegalese
World Culture Geometric Design
THE ARTS
Jhane Barnes
Fashion DesignCommercial Art -
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Visual Arts
Escher
Durer
Cultures - Islamic
Architecture
Poetry
Tiger! Tiger! Burning
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In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
-William Blake
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The beautiful has its place in mathematics for here are the triumphs of the creative imagination. - W. K. White
Escher makes us question reality.
How can a mirror tilted upward reflect a street seen through a window on the opposite wall?
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Geometric Art
• The pure mathematical visual delight of lines, curves and surfaces.
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M.C. Escher 1898-1972
The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.
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Though this print appears to be quite realistic, it represents an impossible structure. While this imaginary construction exists on paper,the lithograph Waterfall reminds us that nothing is really as it seems.
Escher’s brain-teasing prints use interlocking shapes, transforming creatures, and impossible architectures to challenge the viewer's perceptions of reality.
Are you really sure that afloor can't also be a ceiling? - M. C. Escher
EuripedesMighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.
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New Directions in Islamic Art
Chapter O Objectives
• Discover geometry in nature, art and world cultures
• Discover the characteristics of reflectional and rotational symmetry
• Develop observational and visual thinking skills
• Create a variety of designs with compass and straightedge
• Encounter tesselations
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