Word: dodecahedron
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nothing but "what colors are and where you put them." If a visitor suggests that Davis' flat shapes seem to hang away from the wall and look very much like twelve-sided swimming pools, Davis will protest that all he meant to depict was "the illusion of a dodecahedron." What makes the dodecahedron distinctively different is that it is shown as though seen from far, far above. The effect is achieved by using "bird's-eye perspective," a method that relies on three vanishing points instead of one. Though long known, it was rarely used before the 20th...
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