Re: Geometry in Art - Help with magazine article?

From: Gerry Myerson (gerry_at_maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:48:24 +1100

In article <200502281635.j1SGZ7330012@proapp.mathforum.org>,
 scott@finebooksmagazine.com (Scott Brown) wrote:

> There are some very interesting ideas here and in the other messages on this
> thread. The idea of a shape composed of triangles makes some sense, as this
> is an allegorical painting and both a pentagram and Star of David are made up
> of equilateral triangles.

The triangles in a pentagram are not equilateral. 

-- 
Gerry Myerson (gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)

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