Luca Pacioli

Figure 1-8. Models of the truncated icosahedron Leonardo da Vinci s drawing for Luca Pacioli s De Divina Proportione left) and decoration at the Topkapi Sarayi in Istanbul (photograph by the authors) [20],...

Figure 2-53. Two artistic representations of the regular pentagonal dodecahedron, (a) Pentagonal dodecahedron as part of the sculpture symbolizing Industry at the Commons in Boston (photograph by the authors) (b) Leonardo da Vinci s dodecahedron in a book of Luca Pacioli, De Divina Proportione, published in 1509.

Figure 1-6. Leonardo da Vinci s truncated icosahedron, drawn for Luca Pacioli s Dc Divina Fyiiportione.

Figure 2-63. Artistic representations of regular polyhedra (a) Sculpture in the garden of Tel Aviv University photograph by the authors (b) pentagonal dodecahedron by Horst Janssen, ChriStall-Knecht (crystal slave) reproduced by permission (c) Leonardo da Vinci s dodecahedron drawn for Luca Pacioli sDeZJ/vi/iof roportione (d) sculpture by Victor Vasarely in Pecs, Hungary photograph by the authors.

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