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Tessellations and Art
As part of the unit on "Fantasy and Dreams", students studied the art of M.C. Escher, a Dutch artist , who lived from 1898-1972. Escher created two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork using mathematics and imagination. His work centered on fantastic illusions and dream images. His art was strongly influenced by the strong sunlight of the Italian coast, and the Arabian mosaics patterns in the Spanish Alhambra. Students made conscious choices of media and technique for expressive purposes and created multiple artworks, which explored ideas about their world. The software program Tessellation Exploration allowed students to use the computer and build a knowledge base for art production, and create tessellations in the style of M.C. Escher.
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Baby Dinosaur Bat Man Bat Mobile
Baby Dinosaur
Bat Man
Bat Mobile
Bat Woman
 Blue-Green Fish Blue Lizard
Bat Woman
Blue-Green Fish
Blue Lizard
Cool Future Dragon Fish Flying Stars
Cool Future Dragon
Fish
Flying Stars
Freaky Fish Green Bug Thing Grey Minataur
Freaky Fish
Green Bug Thing
Grey Minataur
Happy Grassy Thingy Lizard Man
Lizzard
Happy Grass Thingy
Lizard Man
Lizzard
Mad Horse Monster Man
Pink Bunny
Mad Horse
Monster Man
Pink Bunny
Sitting Bird
Sting Rays
 That's Bull
Sitting Bird
Sting Rays
That's Bull
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