The 5 Platonic Solids are tetrahedrons,Ĭubes, octahedrons, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons. The same polygon and each vertex having the same number of faces meeting. These are regular convex polyhedrons with each face being With squares are simpler because no rotation is involved.Įscher was also interested in three-dimensional shapes in hisĪrtwork, especially the 5 Platonic Solids. Procedure is basically identical for tessellating hexagons, and tessellations Because the pattern repeats infinitelyĪnd the triangles are all rotated around each vertex, the tail of the blackīird must also cut outside of its left-most edge creating the space under

Into the black bird’s territory over the boundary they share. Outlined triangles, one holds a black bird the other a white bird. Triangular tessellation with each triangle containing a single bird. Tended to be made up of one of these shapes, as it meant only one type of

Triangles, squares and hexagons can be used by themselves to tessellate the plane. Patterns with different polygons (for example octagons and squares), but only Interior angles around each vertex must be 360 degrees for this to work. Geometric pattern which completely and infinitely stretches across the plane Escher is probably most famous for his tessellations, which oftenĭepict animals and humans interlocking and covering the two dimensional Tessellations, polyhedra to three-dimensional scenes. Two aspects in his various drawings and prints of everything from Mathematics and logical thinking as well as visual arts.

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