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Tessellations

Ms. Blaylock


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What are Tessellations?

The word 'tessera'in Latin means asmall stone cube.

They were used to makeup 'tessellata' - the mosaicpictures forming oors inRoman buildings

Tessellations refers topictures or tiles, mostly inthe form of animals andother life forms. t co!ersthe surface of a

composition iwithouto!erla in or lea!in

A Roman foormosaic


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Tessellationsin!ol!e using ashapeor group

of shapes, whichare arranged ona composition tocreate pattern

and repetition.

Transformationsby

M " #scher


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Henri Matisse uses a lot of pattern

Patterns areeverywhere, but

not all patterns

are tessellations.


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$igerian %dire clothusing a blue dye and

starch paste.


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M. ". #scher

Self-Portrait


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M. ". #scher

#scher was born in&eeuwarden in ollandon (une )*th, )++.

Referred to by his initialswhich stand for Maurits,"ornelis.

oungest of brothers.

The family mo!ed to%rnhem where he grewup and went to highschool.

'/elf 0ortrait in "hair' - )12


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M. C. E cher: Te ellation

Ma ter

#scher produced '+eads' in )11 - a hintof things to come.

His inspiration

#scher took a boat tripto /pain and went to the

Alhambra, ane3tra!agant palace fullof pattern.

There, he copied manyof the tiling patterns.

'+ eads' - )11


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%lhambra "astle%lhambra consists of palacesbuilt by se!eral rulers, each h

his own castle.

4ne of the most wellknown e3ample of Muslim

architecture.


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The %lhambra 0alace isa

famous e3ample ofMoorish architecture.

slamic art doesnot usually userepresentations of

people, but usesgeometricpatterns.


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The idea behind se!eral of the buildings of%lhambra was to create a 0aradise on earth.


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#scher copiedmany of the

designs he saw a%lhambra,adding his ownair

M. C. Escher 4 Motifs

1950


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5esign for 6ood ntarsia 0anel for&eiden Town all, )2

Tessellation

transitions

by M. ".

#scher


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Realism 7 Tessellations"ombined

/ometimes,#scher wouldcombine

realism andtessellations.

Reptilesis ane3ample of

thiscombination.

'Reptiles' - )8


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Metamorphosis , )8*

by M. ". #scher

Realism 7 Tessellation "ombined


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"ycle, )8+

by M. ". #scher

Realism 7

Tessellation"ombined


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5ay and $ight, )8+

by M. ". #scher

Realism 7 Tessellation "ombined


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#scher9s &ast Tessellation

is last tessellationwas a solution to apu::le sent to him

by Roger 0enrose,the mathematician.#scher sol!ed itand, true to form,

changed theangular woodblocks into rounded'ghosts'.

0enrose ';hosts' - )*)


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ow do you create a successfultessellation

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