Totally Tessellated: Historical Image Gallery

<body link="#000063" vlink="#660000" alink="#6331ff" text="black" bgcolor="#66ccff"><script type="text/javascript" src="/banner/banner.js"></script></script><script>tql_drawTop();</script> <div align="left"> <font size="2"><a name="anchor-top"></a>Note: Having a browser that supports frames would improve browsing of the gallery.</font> </div> <center> <p><font size="4"><b>Totally Tessellated</b></font><font size="2"> <br> <a href="../history.html" target="_top">History</a> <a href="../essentials.html" target="_top">Essentials</a> <a href="../mosaics.html" target="_top">Mosaics/Tilings</a> <a href="../escher.html" target="_top">Escher</a> <a href="../beyond.html" target="_top">Beyond</a></font> <br> <br> </p> </center> <div align="left"> <p><a href="body.html" target="body"><font size="2">Important note</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font><a href="thumbnails.html" target="_top"><font size="2"><b>Thumbnails</b> of all images</font></a></p> <p><a href="toolbar.time.html" target="toolbar"><font size="2">Time Periods</font></a><font size="2"><br> <a href="toolbar.technique.html" target="toolbar">Techniques Used</a><br> <a href="toolbar.culture.html" target="toolbar">Cultures</a><br> <a href="toolbar.source.html" target="toolbar">Type of Source</a><br> <a href="toolbar.escher.html" target="toolbar">Escher</a><br> <a href="toolbar.beyond.html" target="toolbar">Beyond</a></font></p> </div> <div align="left"> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Time Periods</b></u></font></p> <p><font size="2">11th-14th century<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/13.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/14.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/15.html"><font size="2">3</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">12th-13th century<br> </font><a href="26.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="handbook/3.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/15.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="11.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="18.html"><font size="2">5</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">13th-14th century<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/11.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/15.html"><font size="2">2</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">16th century<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/8.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/9.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/10.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/24.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="10.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="handbook/2.html"><font size="2">6</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">17th-18th century<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/1.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/2.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/3.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/4.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="2.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="6.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="17.html"><font size="2">7</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">19th-20th century<br> </font><a href="1.html"><font size="2">1</font></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Techniques Used</b></u></font></p> <p><font size="2">Coloring Techniques<br> <a href="5.html">1</a> <a href="16.html">2</a> <a href="1.html">3</a> <a href="22.html">4</a> <a href="grammar/21.html">5</a> <a href="grammar/22.html">6</a> <a href="sourcebook/20.html">7</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Demiregular Tessellation<br> <a href="9.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Division Technique<br> </font><a href="2.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/10.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/13.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/17.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/22.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/25.html"><font size="2">6</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Offset Polygons<br> <a href="7.5.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/3.html">2</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Parallel Lines<br> </font><a href="grammar/18.html"><font size="2">1</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Regular Tessellation<br> </font><a href="14.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="18.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/1.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/10.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/13.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/17.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/21.html"><font size="2">7</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/24.html"><font size="2">8</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/25.html"><font size="2">9</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/6.html"><font size="2">10</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Unit Cells<br> </font><a href="1.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="5.html"><font size="2">2</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Semiregular Tessellation<br> <a href="6.html">1</a> <a href="7.5.html">2</a> <a href="handbook/2.html">3</a> <a href="handbook/3.html">4</a> <a href="handbook/4.html">5</a> <a href="22.html">6</a> <a href="grammar/14.html">7</a> <a href="grammar/25.html">8</a> <a href="sourcebook/3.html">9</a> <a href="sourcebook/12.html">10</a> <a href="sourcebook/23.html">11</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Symmetries<br> <a href="grammar/2.html">1</a> <a href="grammar/14.html">2</a> <a href="sourcebook/23.html">3</a> <a href="grammar/20.html">4</a> <a href="3.html">5</a> <a href="4.html">6</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Cultures</b></u></font></p> <p><font size="2">Afghanistan<br> <a href="9.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Arabian<br> <a href="grammar/15.html">1</a> <a href="grammar/16.html">2</a> <a href="grammar/17.html">3</a> <a href="grammar/18.html">4</a> <a href="grammar/19.html">5</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Byzantine<br> <a href="grammar/10.html">1</a> <a href="grammar/11.html">2</a> <a href="grammar/12.html">3</a> <a href="grammar/13.html">4</a> <a href="grammar/14.html">5</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Chinese<br> <a href="grammar/24.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Egyptian<br> </font><a href="grammar/3.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/4.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/5.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/6.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/7.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/8.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/9.html"><font size="2">7</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Indian<br> <a href="sourcebook/8.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/9.html">2</a> <a href="sourcebook/10.html">3</a> <a href="grammar/23.html">4</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Islamic<br> </font><a href="2.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="3.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="4.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="6.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="10.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="11.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="14.html"><font size="2">7</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="15.html"><font size="2">8</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="17.html"><font size="2">9</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="18.html"><font size="2">10</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/11.html"><font size="2">11</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="20.html"><font size="2">12</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="26.html"><font size="2">13</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="28.html"><font size="2">14</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2">Italian<br> <a href="handbook/1.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/19.html">2</a> <a href="sourcebook/20.html">3</a> <a href="sourcebook/21.html">4</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Japanese<br> <a href="7.html">1</a> <a href="7.5.html">2</a> <a href="7.6.html">3</a> <a href="7.7.html">4</a> <a href="sourcebook/1.html">5</a> <a href="sourcebook/2.html">6</a> <a href="sourcebook/3.html">7</a> <a href="sourcebook/4.html">8</a> <a href="sourcebook/5.html">9</a> <a href="sourcebook/6.html">10</a> <a href="sourcebook/7.html">11</a> <a href="sourcebook/25.html">12</a> <a href="sourcebook/26.html">13</a> <a href="sourcebook/27.html">14</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Korean<br> <a href="25.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Oceanic<br> <a href="grammar/1.html">1</a> <a href="grammar/2.html">2</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Persian<br> <a href="grammar/20.html">1</a> <a href="grammar/21.html">2</a> <a href="grammar/22.html">3</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Pompeian<br> </font><a href="grammar/25.html"><font size="2">1</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Turkey<br> <a href="sourcebook/12.html">1</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Type of Source</b></u></font></p> <p><font size="2">Architecture<br> <a href="3.html">1</a> <a href="4.html">2</a> <a href="6.html">3</a> <a href="9.html">4</a> <a href="21.html">5</a> <a href="22.html">6</a> <a href="26.html">7</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Ceiling<br> <a href="2.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Floors/Rugs<br> <a href="10.html">1</a> <a href="22.html">2</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Mosaics<br> <a href="sourcebook/16.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/17.html">2</a> <a href="sourcebook/20.html">3</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Nature<br> <a href="27.html">1</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Pottery<br> <a href="8.html">1</a> <a href="8.5.html">2</a> <a href="8.6.html">3</a> <a href="8.7.html">4</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Textile/Wall<br> <a href="sourcebook/5.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/6.html">2</a> <a href="sourcebook/24.html">3</a> <a href="6.html">4</a> <a href="sourcebook/7.html">5</a></font></p> <p> </p> </div> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Escher</b></u></font></p> </div> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2">analyzed in the section <a href="../escher/tessellations.1.html" target="_top">Escher's Tessellations</a>:</font></p> <p><a href="escher/1.html" target="body"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> <a href="escher/2.html" target="body">2</a> <a href="escher/3.html" target="body">3</a> <a href="escher/4.html" target="body">4</a> <a href="escher/5.html" target="body">5</a> <a href="escher/6.html" target="body">6</a> <a href="escher/7.html" target="body">7</a> <a href="escher/8.html" target="body">8</a> <a href="escher/9.html" target="body">9</a> <a href="escher/10.html" target="body">10</a> <a href="escher/11.html" target="body">11</a> <a href="escher/12.html" target="body">12</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">not analyzed:</font></p> <p><a href="escher/13.html" target="body"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> <a href="escher/14.html" target="body">2</a> <a href="escher/15.html" target="body">3</a> <a href="escher/16.html" target="body">4</a> <a href="escher/17.html" target="body">5</a></font></p> </div> <div align="left"> <p> </p> </div> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2"><u><b>Beyond</b></u></font></p> <p><font size="2">3D Coloration<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/16.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="16.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="19.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/18.html"><font size="2">4</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Border Variation<br> </font><a href="sourcebook/26.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/19.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="handbook/5.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="7.5.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="32.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"><br> </font></p> <p><font size="2">Color Balance<br> </font><a href="grammar/21.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/22.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/20.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="5.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="22.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="16.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="1.html"><font size="2">7</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Embellishment<br> </font><a href="grammar/13.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/23.html"><font size="2">2</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="handbook/1.html"><font size="2">3</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/1.html"><font size="2">4</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="grammar/7.html"><font size="2">5</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/2.html"><font size="2">6</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="sourcebook/24.html"><font size="2">7</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Related Art Movements<br> <a href="5.html">1</a> <a href="12.html">2</a> <a href="33.html">3</a> <a href="13.html">4</a></font></p> <p><font size="2">Star<br> </font><a href="2.html"><font size="2">1</font></a><font size="2"> </font><a href="17.html"><font size="2">2</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">Variations of a Simple Shape<br> <a href="sourcebook/17.html">1</a> <a href="sourcebook/21.html">2</a> <a href="grammar/19.html">3</a> <a href="grammar/22.html">4</a> <a href="sourcebook/16.html">5</a> <a href="sourcebook/27.html">6</a></font></p> <p> </p> </div> <center> <p><font size="2"><br> <a href="#anchor-top">back to the top</a></font> </center> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-174705-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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