Computer Science and Sculpture (CSE325)- George Hart

1. CSE325
Computer Science
and Sculpture
Prof. George Hart

2. 20th
+ 21st
Century
Polyhedra-Based Sculpture
Freed from constraints of representation
and figurative form, sculptors in the 20th
century began to explore spatial concepts
of “pure form”. Platonic solids provide one
storehouse of fundamental ideas.

3. Questions to Ask for Each Object
• Is there an underlying polyhedral form?
• Geometric transformations, if any
• Materials selected (and why?)
• Technique:
– If Constructive: Assembly? Connectors?
– If Subtractive: Carving? Guiding process?
• Artistic Intent vs. Mathematical Model?
• How might computer technology be
used?

4. Alexander Graham Bell

5. Alexander Graham Bell

6. David Barr
“Four Corners Project”

7. Arthur Silverman

8. John Robinson

9. John Sharp

10. Gayla Chandler

11. Harry Muller and Geoff Wyvill

12. London Symphony

13. John Simms

14. Cubes

15. Cubes

16. Cubes

17. Cubes

18. Cubes
Tony Rosenthal Isamu Noguchi

19. Pieter Blom

20. Atomium

21. Atomium

22. Kenneth Landry

23. Kenneth Landry

24. Sol LeWitt

25. Sol LeWitt

26. Cubes

27. David Smith

28. Aaron Kellner

29. Aaron Kellner

30. Bruce Beasley

31. Bruce Beasley

32. Watermelons!

33. Dominic Labino

34. Gregory Parsons

35. Lexington High School

36. Buckminster Fuller

37. Bathsheba Grossman

38. Gisbert Hasenjaeger

39. Ovidiu Opresco

40. Ovidiu Opresco

41. Guess. (Not a sculpture)

42. Jim Blower

43. Gayla Chandler

44. Sam Spiczka

45. Sam Spiczka

46. Sam Spiczka

47. Eric Swab

48. Arden Miller

49. Dar Shelton

50. Erik Drury

51. Matthew Cook

52. Stephen Luecking

53. Finji Cable Clark

54. Laura Shea

55. Kyle Osvog

56. Kyle Osvog

57. Kyle Osvog

58. Kyle Osvog

59. Kyle Osvog

60. Kyle Osvog

61. Kyle Osvog

62. Kyle Osvog

63. Stephen Luecking

64. George Olshevski

65. John Vonachen

66. John Vonachen

67. ?

68. Harry Muller

69. George Rod

70. Magnus Wenninger

71. Breckenridge Entry

72. Vladimir Bulatov

73. Vladimir Bulatov

74. Rob Pierce

75. Jim Plank

76. Mark Newbold
Sarah Mylchreest

77. Leigh Boileau

78. Leigh Boileau

79. Gary Moresky

80. Ture Wester

81. Buckminster Fuller

82. Dan Suttin

83. Bradford Hansen-Smith

84. Bradford Hansen-Smith

85. Carlo Sequin

86. Carlo Sequin

87. Greg Fredrickson

88. Antonio Gaudi

89. John Robinson

90. John Robinson

91. John Robinson

92. Temari

93. Sylvain Weber

94. Jack Snoeyink

95. Magnus Wenninger

96. Magnus Wenninger

97. Magnus Wenninger

98. Magnus Wenninger

99. Magnus Wenninger

100. Sandor Kabai

101. Ron Resch

102. Scott Roberts

103. Scott Roberts

104. Tony Smith

105. Tony Smith

106. M.C. Escher

107. M. C. Escher

108. M.C. Escher

109. M.C. Escher

110. M.C. Escher

111. M.C. Escher

112. M. C. Escher
Gravity Netherlands (physics dept.)

113. Ulrich Mikloweit

114. Ulrich Mikloweit

115. Ulrich Mikloweit

116. Ulrich Mikloweit

117. Ulrich Mikloweit

118. Tom Lechner

119. Tom Lechner

120. Tom Lechner

121. Tom Lechner

122. Tom Lechner

123. Conclusions
Polyhedra are one source of
three-dimensional forms which
provide a foundation for design in
the work of many modern (20th
and
21st
century) sculptors.