Geometry and Art Symmetry, Balance and Scale

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Geometry and ArtSymmetry, Balance and Scale

• Yun Yu
• A20239623

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Language of the Visual Arts and Geometry

• Lines
• Repetition
• Shapes/Plane Figures
• Forms/Space or Solid Figures
• Balance
• Perspective
• Proportion

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Geometry is everywhereThe Grammar of
Architecture and Design

• American architect Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright (United States, 18671959)
Made by Linden Glass Company (Chicago,
Illinois) Table Lamp from the Susan Lawrence
Dana House, Springfield, Illinois, Leaded glass,
bronze, brass, and zinc base 201/2 x 12 x 87/8
in., shade diameter 29 in.
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Geometric Shapes and Forms
Diego Rivera, (Mexico, 18861957) Still Life
with Bread and Fruit (Naturaleza muerta con pan
y fruta), 1917 Oil on canvas, 4513/16 x 35 in.
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Cubism Breaking the Rules

• Pablo Picasso (18811973)
• Georges Braque (18821963)
• Diego Rivera

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Pattern and Repetition
Laura Long (18701975) Quilt, Log Cabin
Pattern, 1931 Silk, 861/2 x 751/2 in.
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Tessellation

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

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Labor and Geometry
David Smith (United States, 19061965) Cubi
XXIII, 1964 Stainless steel, 761/4 x 1727/8 x
353/8 in.
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Fractal Geometry Art
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