Small Stellated Dodecahedron - in Art

In Art

  • It can also be seen in a floor mosaic in St Mark's Basilica, Venice by Paolo Uccello circa 1430.
  • It is central to two lithographs by M. C. Escher: Contrast (Order and Chaos) (1950) and Gravitation (1952).

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