Books on the visual/graphical aspects of geometry

Question

Are there any books providing a general overview of the visual/graphical aspects of geometry? For example,

Tilings (e.g. hyperbolic) and tessellations
Plane/space filling shapes/objects (e.g. Escher's solid)
Polyhedra (e.g. zonohedra, star/stellated polyhedra)
Fractals and Lindenmayer systems
Projections of polytopes (e.g. simplex splines)
CAGD in general (e.g. spline curves/surfaces)

I'd prefer discussions/treatments from a mathematical perspective, though references from a more artistic point of view (such as the works by M.C. Escher) would also be appreciated :)

@lhf The question is whether any such books exist (i.e. a general discussion, not focussing on a single topic). Can't be more concise. — Ailurus, Nov 04 '14 at 11:15
The Symmetries of Things (Conway, Burgiel, Goodman-Strauss) — Nick Matteo, Nov 30 '14 at 04:54
Does this answer your question? Textbooks for visual learners — user1147844, Feb 25 '23 at 23:57

lhf · Answer 1 · 2014-11-04T11:11:53.947

4

For a beautiful book on CAGD, see Architectural Geometry by Pottmann et al.

enter image description here

For Lindenmayer systems, see The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants by Prusinkiewicz and Lindenmayer, now freely available.

enter image description here

edited Nov 04 '14 at 11:11

answered Nov 04 '14 at 11:04

lhf

216,483

Books on the visual/graphical aspects of geometry

1 Answers1