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.