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Pentagonal Structures as Impulse for Art

In: Imagine Math 6

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  • Cornelie Leopold

    (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Faculty of Architecture, Descriptive Geometry and Perspective)

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The work of the contemporary Dutch artist Gerard Caris is presented as an example, how art creations and design processes can follow a strong geometric structural thinking. Caris’ work is based on pentagonal structures in plane as well as in space. With his concentration on the regular pentagon, he develops aesthetic expressions for his explorations of pentagonal structures and enables the viewer to discover the geometric knowledge on these structures in a playful and self-explanatory way. Some art examples of Gerard Caris are related to the geometric background and theory in reference to historical and actual research. His Pentagrid and derived Kite-Dart-Grid are explained in their fundamental role for his art design processes. The analysis leads to the discussion of aesthetic categories and their application on evaluating art. Max Bense’s information aesthetics is finally applied and reflected to the work of Caris with respect to the concepts of redundancy and innovation.

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  • Cornelie Leopold, 2018. "Pentagonal Structures as Impulse for Art," Springer Books, in: Michele Emmer & Marco Abate (ed.), Imagine Math 6, pages 213-223, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-93949-0_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93949-0_18
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