Title Creating Escher-type drawings / E.R. Ranucci, J.L. Teeters ; technical drawings Bob Fuller

Published Palo Alto, Calif. : Creative Publications, [1977] ©1977

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Description vii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm Series Creative Publications math design series Contents INTRODUCTION -- PLANE TESSELLATIONS: Types of Tessellations -- PLANE TESSELLATIONS: The Mathematics of Tessellations -- PLANE TESSELLATIONS: Summary -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY: Translations -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY: Rotations -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY: Reflections -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY: Plane Symmetry -- TRANSFORMATIONS AND SYMMETRY: Summary -- ALTERING BY TRANSLATION: Altering Parallelograms by Translation -- ALTERING BY TRANSLATION: Altering Hexagons by Translation -- ALTERING BY TRANSLATION: Summary -- ALTERING BY ROTATION: Altering Polygons by Rotation of Sides -- ALTERING BY ROTATION: Altering Polygons by Rotation of Half-Sides -- ALTERING BY ROTATION: Altering Polygons by Rotation of Sides and Half-Sides -- ALTERING BY ROTATION: Summary -- ALTERING BY REFLECTION AND ROTATION: Altering Triangles by Reflection -- ALTERING BY REFLECTION AND ROTATION: Altering Triangles by Reflection and Rotation -- ALTERING BY REFLECTION AND ROTATION: Altering Rhombi by Reflection and Rotation -- ALTERING BY REFLECTION AND ROTATION: Altering Hexagons by Reflection and Rotation -- ALTERING BY REFLECTION AND ROTATION: Summary -- SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH FIVE -- ANALYZING ESCHER'S TESSELLATIONS -- USING IMAGINATION AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES -- WORKSHEETS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES: Practicing Drawing Translations, Reflections, and Rotations -- WORKSHEETS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES: Creating Tessellations by Translation -- WORKSHEETS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES: Creating Tessellations by Rotation -- WORKSHEETS FOR DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES: Creating Tessellations by Reflection and Rotation -- SELECTED GRIDS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX: ESCHER'S LIFE AND ART Summary A study of transformational geometry with reference to the drawings of M.C. Escher with an appendix on his life and art Notes Appendix: p. 191-195 Bibliography Bibliography: page 189 Audience For grades 7-12 Subject Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972. Drawing -- Technique. Generation of geometric forms. Geometrical drawing. Geometry, Descriptive. Geometry. Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) Mathematics -- Study and teaching. Symmetry. Tessellations (Mathematics) Author Fuller, Bob. Teeters, J.L ISBN 0884880877 (paperback)

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