Impossible Ornaments
Year: 2010 Authors: F. Farkas Tamás
Core claim
The author argues that impossible or imaginary objects can concentrate visual information and support architectural education by strengthening spatial sensation.
Topics
impossible forms, planar tessellations, visual abstraction, architectural education
Domains
geometry, tessellations, spatial reasoning, constructivism, minimal art, architectural graphics, visual art
Methods
analytical composition, geometric variation, color rendering, visual investigation
Media
paintings, graphics, color images
Paper text
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Bridges 2010: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Impossible Ornaments
F. Farkas Tamás
Dept. of Technical Representation and Informatics
Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture
Szent István University
Thököly u. 74
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: f.farkastamas@freemail.hu
Abstract
Modern art approaches the sciences via abstract methods. It has rediscovered the simple geometrical structures and ancient motifs and often varies them using mathematical disciplines. The brightest attempt towards this direction was the constructivism. We also have to mention the name of M.C. Escher whose life’s work deeply impressed many contemporary artists.
Also some of my paintings can be connected to the minimal art and prefers the analytic way of thinking. My works try to express an ardent desire for beauty and harmony. My visual investigations go back to the early 70’s. Since that time I frequently make impossible forms not realisable even in higher dimensions, architectural-like graphics (following Escher, in some sense), and planar regular tessalations, in color.
The question that interests me is to find those objects, possibly imaginary, that contain as much information as possible. The graphical creations may serve also as tools in education of architectural engineer students and help to develop a better spatial sensation.
Tamás
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