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Geometry in Art & Architecture Unit 5 Polygons and Tilings Dynamic symmetry & The Spiral The Geometric Art of M.C. Escher Later Twentieth Century Geometry Art Art and the Computer Chaos & Fractals Polygons, Tilings, & Sacred Geometry Slide 5-1: Pompeii pavement Calter photo In the last unit, Number Symbolism, we saw that in the ancient world certain numbers had symbolic meaning, aside from their ordinary use for counting or calculating. In this unit we'll show that the plane figures, the polygons, triangles, squares, hexagons, and so forth, were related to the numbers (three and the triangle, for example), were thought of in a similar way, and in fact, carried even more emotional baggage than the numbers themselves, because they were visual. This takes us into the realm of Sacred Geometry. For now we'll do the polygons directly related to the Pythagoreans; the equilateral triangle (Sacred tetractys), hexagon, triangular numbers, and pentagram. We'll also introduce tilings, the art of covering a plane surface with polygons. Outline: Polygons Slide 5-23: Design at Pompeii Calter photo In the last unit, Number Symbolism we saw that in the ancient world certain numbers had symbolic meaning, aside from their ordinary use for counting or calculating.
