CSE325 Computer Science and Sculpture

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CSE325 Computer Science and Sculpture

• Prof. George Hart

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20th 21st CenturyPolyhedra-Based Sculpture
Freed from constraints of representation and
figurative form, sculptors in the 20th century
began to explore spatial concepts of pure form.
Platonic solids provide one storehouse of
fundamental ideas.
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Questions to Ask for Each Object

• Is there an underlying polyhedral form?
• Geometric transformations, if any
• Materials selected (and why?)
• Technique
• If Constructive Assembly? Connectors?
• If Subtractive Carving? Guiding process?
• Artistic Intent vs. Mathematical Model?
• How might computer technology be used?

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Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
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David Barr
Four Corners Project
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Arthur Silverman
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John Robinson
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John Sharp
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Gayla Chandler
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Harry Muller and Geoff Wyvill
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London Symphony
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John Simms
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Cubes
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Cubes
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Cubes
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Cubes
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Cubes
Isamu Noguchi
Tony Rosenthal
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Pieter Blom
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Atomium
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Atomium
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Kenneth Landry
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Kenneth Landry
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Sol LeWitt
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Sol LeWitt
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Cubes
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David Smith
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Aaron Kellner
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Aaron Kellner
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Bruce Beasley
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Bruce Beasley
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Watermelons!
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Dominic Labino
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Gregory Parsons
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Lexington High School
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Buckminster Fuller
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Bathsheba Grossman
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Gisbert Hasenjaeger
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Ovidiu Opresco
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Ovidiu Opresco
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Guess. (Not a sculpture)
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Jim Blower
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Gayla Chandler
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Sam Spiczka
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Sam Spiczka
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Sam Spiczka
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Eric Swab
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Arden Miller
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Dar Shelton
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Erik Drury
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Matthew Cook
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Stephen Luecking
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Finji Cable Clark
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Laura Shea
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Kyle Osvog
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Stephen Luecking
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George Olshevski
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John Vonachen
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John Vonachen
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?
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Harry Muller
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George Rod
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Magnus Wenninger
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Breckenridge Entry
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Vladimir Bulatov
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Vladimir Bulatov
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Rob Pierce
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Jim Plank
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Mark NewboldSarah Mylchreest
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Leigh Boileau
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Leigh Boileau
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Gary Moresky
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Ture Wester
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Buckminster Fuller
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Dan Suttin
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Bradford Hansen-Smith
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Bradford Hansen-Smith
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Carlo Sequin
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Carlo Sequin
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Greg Fredrickson
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Antonio Gaudi
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John Robinson
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John Robinson
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John Robinson
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Temari
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Sylvain Weber
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Jack Snoeyink
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Magnus Wenninger
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Magnus Wenninger
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Magnus Wenninger
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Magnus Wenninger
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Magnus Wenninger
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Sandor Kabai
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Ron Resch
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Scott Roberts
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Scott Roberts
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Tony Smith
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Tony Smith
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M.C. Escher
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M. C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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M. C. Escher
Gravity
Netherlands (physics dept.)
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Ulrich Mikloweit
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Ulrich Mikloweit
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Ulrich Mikloweit
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Ulrich Mikloweit
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Ulrich Mikloweit
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Tom Lechner
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Tom Lechner
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Tom Lechner
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Tom Lechner
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Tom Lechner
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Conclusions
Polyhedra are one source of three-dimensional
forms which provide a foundation for design in
the work of many modern (20th and 21st century)
sculptors.