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  2. M. C. Escher - Wikipedia

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    These are the classification of regular tilings using the edge relationships of tiles: two-color and two-motif tilings (counterchange symmetry or antisymmetry); color symmetry (in crystallography); metamorphosis or topological change; covering surfaces with symmetric patterns; Escher's algorithm (for generating patterns using decorated squares ...

  3. Mosaic - Wikipedia

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    Christian mosaic art also flourished in Rome, gradually declining as conditions became more difficult in the Early Middle Ages. 5th century mosaics can be found over the triumphal arch and in the nave of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The 27 surviving panels of the nave are the most important mosaic cycle in Rome of this period.

  4. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Greenlandic Inuit have a unique textile tradition intregrating skin-sewing, furs, and appliqué of small pieces of brightly dyed marine mammal organs in mosaic designs, called avittat. Women create elaborate netted beadwork collars. They have strong mask-making tradition and also are known for an art form called tupilaq or an "evil spirit object."

  5. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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    Rufinus & Secundus, mosaic, 4th century *A: Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, mosaic, 691-2 *C: San Clemente, Rome, mosaic, c. 1200. The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are ...

  6. Clip art - Wikipedia

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    Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.

  7. Visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Within the visual arts, [1] the applied arts, [2] such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, and decorative art [3] are also included. Current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as applied or decorative arts and crafts , but this was not always the case.

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  9. Lod Mosaic - Wikipedia

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    The Lod Mosaic. The Lod Mosaic is a mosaic floor dated to ca. 300 CE discovered in 1996 in the Israeli town of Lod.Believed to have been created for a private villa, it is one of the largest (180 m 2) and best-preserved mosaic floors uncovered in the country.