Explore: Geometrical Forms In Art

Geometric art is a phase of Greek art, characterized largely by geometric motifs in vase painting, that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages

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

and 16-point stars in the sixteenth century. Geometric patterns occur in a variety of forms in Islamic art and architecture. These include kilim carpets

into, or let into, the cloth in a form of patchwork." As an inspiration for their designs, the Guna first used the geometrical patterns which have been used

present in everyday nature, fashion, many artistic areas, as well as a connection with mathematics. A geometric pattern is a type of pattern formed of repeating

basic forms. The tendency towards "geometrization," as expressed in these form constants, is also apparent in the following two ways: (a) the forms are

to ratios of geometrical quantities, and contributed to the development of analytic geometry. Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) found geometric solutions to cubic

and fall under either geometrical shapes, defined by mathematics, or organic shapes, created by an artist. Simplistic, geometrical shapes include circles

issues concerning new forms of capitalism and consumerism. In the second half of the decade, computer-aided forms of performance art began to take place

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