Geometry and ArtGeometry and Art

Symmetry, Balance and ScaleSymmetry, Balance and ScaleYun YuYun Yu

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Language of the Visual Language of the Visual Arts and GeometryArts and Geometry

LinesLines

RepetitionRepetition

Shapes/Plane FiguresShapes/Plane Figures

Forms/Space or Solid FiguresForms/Space or Solid Figures

BalanceBalance

PerspectivePerspective

ProportionProportion

Geometry is Geometry is everywhereeverywhere

The Grammar of Architecture and DesignThe Grammar of Architecture and Design

American architect Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (United States, 1867–1959) Frank Lloyd Wright (United States, 1867–1959) Made by Linden Glass Company (Chicago, Illinois)Made by Linden Glass Company (Chicago, Illinois)

Table Lamp from the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Table Lamp from the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois,

Leaded glass, bronze, brass, and zinc; base: 201⁄2 x 12 x 87/8 Leaded glass, bronze, brass, and zinc; base: 201⁄2 x 12 x 87/8 in., shade diameter: 29 in.in., shade diameter: 29 in.

Geometric Shapes and Geometric Shapes and FormsForms

Diego Rivera, (Mexico, 1886–1957)

Still Life with Bread and Fruit (Naturaleza muerta con pan y fruta),

1917 Oil on canvas, 4513/16 x 35 in.

Cubism: Cubism: Breaking the RulesBreaking the Rules

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Georges Braque (1882–1963) Georges Braque (1882–1963)

Diego RiveraDiego Rivera

Pattern and RepetitionPattern and Repetition

Laura Long (1870–1975)

Quilt, “Log Cabin”

Pattern, 1931 Silk, 861⁄2 x 751⁄2 in.

TessellationTessellation

Tessellation is the process of creating a Tessellation is the process of creating a two-dimensional plane using the two-dimensional plane using the repetition of a geometric shape with no repetition of a geometric shape with no overlaps and no gaps. overlaps and no gaps.

Labor and GeometryLabor and Geometry

David Smith

(United States, 1906–1965)

Cubi XXIII, 1964

Stainless steel, 761⁄4 x 1727/8 x 353/8 in.

Fractal Geometry ArtFractal Geometry Art

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