Mathematics and art while the De Stijl movement led by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian explicitly embraced geometrical forms. Mathematics has inspired textile arts such as quilting, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery, weaving, Turkish and other carpet-making, as well as kilim. In Islamic art, symmetries are evident in forms as varied as Persian girih and Moroccan zellige tilework, Mughal jali pierced stone screens, and widespread muqarnas vaulting. Mathematics has directly influenced art with conceptual tools such as linear perspective, the analysis of symmetry, and mathematical objects such as polyhedra and the Möbius strip. Magnus Wenninger creates colourful stellated polyhedra, originally as models for
Antony van der Does Antony van der Does Antony van der Does (alternate spellings of first name: Anthony and Antonie) (Antwerp, 1609 – Antwerp, 1680) was a Flemish engraver and print maker. Some 19th-century art historians believed that Antony van der Does was a native of The Hague in the Dutch Republic and was related to the van der Does family of painters. Antony was, however, born in Antwerp where he was baptized on 10 March 1609. There are no indications of a family link with the Dutch van der Does family. Antony van der Does commenced his study of engraving as a pupil