Tessellations: M. C. Escher

To set the demographics, Lacy Elementary School is a 60-year-old neighborhood school. Originally built to accommodate 500 students, the school is now over capacity, reaching a high enrollment of 650 students. Located in an urban school district, a majority of the students qualify for the federal breakfast and lunch program. The district has recently experienced a new rezoning, and in result there are buses now bringing 200 students from the surrounding neighborhoods to the school. Lacy Elementary opens its’ doors at 7:30 a.m., although school doesn’t begin until 8:30 a.m. Teachers are not required to report to school until 15 minutes prior to school beginning, however, teacher assistants or paraprofessionals are paid a stipend to supervise students before and after school. Although they have this opportunity, there are only two individuals who have chosen to supervise in the breakfast program. To provide additional assistance, PTA volunteers and administration are currently helping supervise when able.

It was created by Talmadge Elwell – a daguerrean artist, who was first and foremost a businessman. He was a pioneer in commercializing photography to maintain a competitive edge.

A common Islamic art masterpiece is the use of tiles, more so the Iranian Star-shaped tile (Necipoglu 174). This is a 15th century artwork, probably made during the time when the Timurids ruled over Iran (Doak 136). This star-like tile; as illustrated in Figure I below, has a decoration of geometric shapes leaves and flowers on it, with a major flower being positioned right at the center of the tile. These tiles were made to cover outer walls of buildings, with designs and colorful patterns, to make such structures more beautiful. The tiles were fitted together using mortar on the walls of structures to create a mosaic design that adorned the outer walls of the structures.

It was here that he painted the Battle of Anghiari, the Leda and the Swan, and the Mona Lisa. It was also during this time that Leonardo started to think outside painting. Even though it was never used, Leonardo created plans for a canal that would connect Florence, Italy to the sea. Da Vinci would also begin to delve into the anatomy of the human body and other scientific studies. It was not until he returned to Milan that his scientific studies would truly become remarkable. Over time, he developed an overall understanding of all the organs in the human body, and how they

The comparison between a primary school classroom and the Ragged school museum is that they both promote Auditory/verbal Learning. Similarly within the primary classroom where the teacher is talking at the children giving out information and instructions this approach is also used at the ragged school museum where the tour guide comes in to talk about the history of Victorian children. According to Donohue and Mototsune, (2012) “Talk is not only beneficial, but also essential for certain skills to develop”. This relates to children's learning at both these settings, when the teacher and the tour guide are verbally talking, the children are able to take in and absorb this knowledge. If children are unsure about anything they can ask questions

Finally, in 1930, Escher received widespread acclaim for his lithograph entitled Castrovolva. He continued to incorporate geometry and patterns in his pieces, and found that his work began to be displayed in science museums rather than art galleries. From 1951-1954 Escher completed some 400 works, by this time a prominent figure in the world of art, the majority of which included such mathematical principles as polyhedra, infinity, knots, and tessellations.

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In architecture, Alberti was regarded as very devout to restoring the formal language of the classical architecture. He was employed by Pope Nicholas V at Rome to restore the papal palace as well as the Roman aqueduct of Acqua Vergine. It was

In the Greek polis, they used many geometric patterns on things like bowls, plates, and vases as decoration. Most of the dishware was also covered in scenes of everyday life or battles. The battle scenes may be battles between god and men, or only man. They also had many different kinds of jewelry Islam in Indonesia had many vessels for water shaped as human heads and bodys. They also use many geometric and anthropomorphic patterns used on their objects of functionality. This is shown in the picture above because the vessel is in a anthropomorphic shape with geometric patterns and a battle scene on it.

El Greco's artistic formation in Rome and Venice, reflects the influence of roman mannerist designs (e.g Michaelangelo's masterfully polished drawings) and that of the Venetian school of painting with its emphasis in the richness and variety of colors, the use of pigments to achieve the impression of depth and brightness,

Tessellations are a type of art form that uses multiple geometric objects in a repeating pattern to create a piece of art. Tessellations usually are very bright and colorful, and do not have a certain portrait or landscape focus. There are many different Tessellations that are all original in their own sense. Some artists even make their Tessellations look like real objects or creatures, like M. C. Escher’s popular piece “Sky and Water,” which depicts a tessellation of a bird turning into a fish and vice versa.

El Greco, at the age of 26, like other Greek artists had travelled to Venice and came under the influence of Titian and Tintoretto. During his stay in Italy, he widened his style with aspects of Mannerism and

Maurits Cornelis Escher or more commonly known as M.C. Escher was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands on June 17, 1898. Growing up Escher was the youngest son of a hydraulic engineer, and was known for not having a good aptitude in mathematics. Through the years it was discovered that Escher had a knack for art and was encouraged by a teacher to follow and pursue his interests in drawing and woodcutting. Upon realizing that his talent lied in art, Escher enrolled in the School for Architectural and Decorative Arts in Haarlem to study for architecture, which was very quickly found to not be where his true talent lied. Escher’s true talent, as discovered, was in decorative arts and so Escher transferred to the curriculum for graphic design and

El Lissitzky was an architect that greatly impacted graphic design. It started in Russia in 1914. He used art as an instrument for social purposes. Namely the construction of the socialist system. The movement was an important influence on graphic design techniques. His art was simplified to shapes and colors. His entire career was based on the belief that artists were an agent for change. When he took a job as the Russian cultural ambassador in

Therefore one of his grammar school friends Domenico Ghirlandaio realized this and introduced him to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, his father soon realized he had no interest in becoming a banker, therefore agreed to apprentice him to the fashionable Florentine painter's workshop. Only after a year Michelangelo was offered an extraordinary opportunity to study classical sculpture in the Medici gardens.Michelangelo fled to Bologna after the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent’s death, where he continued his study.In 1495 he moved back to Florence in 1495 to begin work as a sculptor, modeling his style after masterpieces of classical antiquity. In 1498 he moved to rome where he got commissioned by Jean Bilhères de La Graulas, a representative of the French King Charles VIII to the pope, where he did the statue pieta. Upon completion he moved back to Florence where he was now seen as a prominent figure in the art industry, soon after he moved back he started work on the statue of david.After this he really blew up getting asked to do works such as decorating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the creation of adam. After a brief illness, Michelangelo in 1564, coincidentally he is one of the only artists during this time to see the popularity of his art during his lifetime. Even though these two have different ways of achieving the point they are today, there's