Explore: Geometrical Constructions In Art

Verostko argues that such constructions are in effect algorithms, making Islamic geometric patterns forerunners of modern algorithmic art. The circle symbolizes

Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and

alone, and ingenious constructions using neusis, parabolas and other curves, or mechanical devices, were found. The geometrical concepts of rotation and

analysis. Direct observation in practice means seeing visual patterns, which are widespread in nature and in art. Visual patterns in nature are often chaotic

seemingly geometrical constructions. One series recalled the Japanese board game go, with warmly contoured circles spaced out over a spindly grid; in another

diverse, with his geometrical constructions branching out into the horizontal as well as the vertical plane and often resulting in series based on a single

Høyrup, J. (2000). "Geometrical Patterns in the Pre-classical Greek Area. Prospecting the Borderland between Decoration, Art, and Structural Inquiry"

the creation of religious and spiritual art. The belief that a god created the universe according to a geometric plan has ancient origins. Plutarch attributed

In the mathematical field of geometry, geometrography is the study of geometrical constructions. The concepts and methods of geometrography were first

géométriques: Les constructions ou effections des équations (1679) La gnomonique ou l'Art de faire des cadrans au soleil (1682) (Gnomonics or the Art of making