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1987 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Horror Vacui, Amor Infiniti

Author : Eli Maor

Published in: To Infinity and Beyond

Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston

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We now arrive at one of the most beautiful applications of mathematics to art—a study of the various possibilities of filling the plane with infinite repetitions of a single artistic design. Such infinite patterns have captured the imagination of artists and craftsmen since the earliest recorded time and have provided the framework for the exquisite abstract art of the Moslems. It is in these designs that the interplay between geometry and art reaches its supreme level.

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Title
Horror Vacui, Amor Infiniti
Author
Eli Maor
Copyright Year
1987
Publisher
Birkhäuser Boston
Book
To Infinity and Beyond

Print ISBN: 978-1-4612-5396-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4612-5394-5

Copyright Year: 1987

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5394-5_20

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