Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...

Claude Monet’s palette of blues, Vincent van Gogh’s bright yellows, the city of Oaxaca’s vibrant red and a Chicago-style hot dog. They’re all forms of inspiration in artist Chip Fesko’s watercolor ...

The face of a baby is formed by placing three geometric artworks on top of each other. An artist spent four years creating geometric art that forms photorealistic portraits when laid on top of each ...

Jay Bonner’s new book on Islamic geometric patterns is as dense and thick (595 pages) as the thorniest of textbooks, but the hundreds of illustrations and the immersion in this topic are simply ...

Originally, the geometric chuck was a device to make ornate patterns on a lathe. Invented in the 1860s, the device could have up to 8 layers—each driven by a central shaft. There are several of these ...

Benjamín Moncloa, “Los Reyes Magos” (1956) (All images by the author for Hyperallergic) LIMA, Peru — Geometric abstraction is one of those art movements that, depending on the viewer, either resonates ...