From: Clive Tooth <clive@pisquaredoversix.force9.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Where to buy posters of famous mathematicians.
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 11:39:00 +0100
Newsgroups: sci.math
Keywords: pointers to math-and-art connections

"David J. Fasching" wrote:

> Does anyone know where I could buy posters of famous mathematicians.  These
> will be to decorate the halls of the math department floor of my school's
> new building. Any other suggestions for decorations?

There is an artist called Hop David who sometimes posts here. A piece of
his work would be a lovely thing to have in your math department. His
picture "Seven Birds" was inspired by the Cantor set.
http://www.tabletoptelephone.com/~hopspage/7Birds.html
http://www.tabletoptelephone.com/~hopspage/Perspect.html

In the background of the first picture at Perspect.html appears to be an
Alexander horned sphere.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/math/AlexandersHornedSphere.html

A lot of Hop's work is reminiscent of that of Maurits Cornelis Escher.
http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm
Much of Escher's work has a mathematical background.

This is intriguing:
http://www-sphys.unil.ch/escher/

How about one of these hanging from the ceiling?
http://www.pisquaredoversix.force9.co.uk/64balls.htm

And then there are all those pictures of fractals...

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Clive Tooth
http://www.pisquaredoversix.force9.co.uk/
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