what is it called when you take a simple shape(usually a square), manipulate it into an object like a fish or a bird, and then repeat it over and over. MC Escher did a lot of it. I've been trying to remember it for a month.
examples:
http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/media/title/escher.jpg
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gotsman/Escher/Images/Escher/faces.jpg
2006-07-22 17:44:51 · 5 answers · asked by ashenputtel 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
tessellations ( the correct spelling)
2006-07-22 17:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by sportsmess 3 · 17⤊ 1⤋
Eicher did "Wall Paper" designs and then some that sometimes defied logic and sometimes gravity.
The Japanese have an art form of folded paper called "origami."
I hope tyhis is helpfull.
2006-07-23 00:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by George E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called tesselations and it's really fun to do.
2006-07-23 00:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by hgranger23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is called tesselation. it can be done with triangles, squares, and hexagons.
2006-07-23 00:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tesselations
2006-07-23 00:48:08 · answer #5 · answered by Hidden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋