Shell geometry, 16th century artwork. The lines from the shell (bottom) demonstrate the connection between geometry and design. Woodcut from the book

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Shell geometry, 16th century artwork. The lines from the shell (bottom) demonstrate the connection between geometry and design. Woodcut from the book Institutiones geometricae (Paris, 1532) by the German painter and art theorist Albrecht Durer (1471-1528).

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Keywords: 1500s, 16th, albrecht, art, artwork, black--white, century, durer, european, geometricae, geometrical, geometry, german, historical, history, illustration, institutiones, mathematical, mathematics, monochrome, shell, theory