stars stars wood print created dutch artist depicting cage floating space compound central cage stars studied mathematics likely invented independently image reference studies similar compound forms works including crystal study stars double design stars likely influenced interest geometry astronomy long history geometric forms model heavens drawing style commentators interpreted cage compound shape reference double triple stars astronomy crystals image contrasts order shapes chaotic forms biology prints stars belong permanent collections major museums including description stars wood print produced carving artwork end grain block wood unlike uses grain block print image created october published copies stars white artwork black background copy different shades yellow green pale pink print depicts compound compound composed regular floating space numerous compounds float background largest upper left compound cube upper right lower left compound lower right solid version compound smaller visible print include order depict accurately models cardboard contained cage like shape central compound writes chosen inhabitants able legs tails beams cage space left sticks tongue commentary observes tongue unusual spiral shaped tip influences interest geometry known avid amateur early 1940s member astronomy owned recorded observations stars use model heavenly bodies traced identified regular shape heavens faces later distribution distances planets sun explained shapes kept model system regularly depicted artworks relating astronomy worlds learned wood technique illustrated compound stars wire frame style illustrations book latin pointed star upper right stars described later rediscovered gave astronomical reports shape central cage stars previously described book und includes photograph model shape aware reference writes remarkable knowledge geometry able highly symmetrical figure analysis interprets compounds stars corresponding double stars triple star systems astronomy beech writes mathematical depicts stability timeless quality heavens similarly writes stars celebrates identification neo belief underlying mathematical order universe alternatively interprets forms stars brilliantly floating space compound representing crystal points contrast order forms chaotic biological nature inhabiting vein beech observes stars convey tension order chaos despite shapes stars scattered apparently random vary wrote central cage shouldn surprised bit related works closely related study stars completed august depicts versions compounds floating black square composition largest shown study stars depicted prominently print compound appears upper right stars forms central shape astronomical works double compound cube upper left earlier crystal later work figure returned theme compounds depicting explicitly form compound cube compound collections publications stars cover art anthology edited italian edition morning formed textbook exhibited copies stars permanent collections lane
Stars (M. C. Escher)