Three-dimensional artworks structures

The design motif for this book cover consists of some examples of molecules discussed in the chapters floating above a representation of water, land, and sky. The artwork was provided by David H. Lipnick, a student in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the three-dimensional chemical structures generated by Robert L. Lipnick. 

Research three-dimensional works of art that resemble the atomic packing arrangements of crystalline solids and explain the artwork in terms of the structures of crystalline solids. 

Students will discuss the differences and similarities in the four bonding structures of crystalline solids using the three-dimensional clay artwork. 

Most organic molecules are three-dimensional structures, best viewed and represented in solid molecular models. The necessity of using paper requires pictures that show depth, as perspective does in artwork and photography. The mere projection onto the plane of the paper, as in the shadow of a molecular model, loses the real difference between left- and right-handed structures. The best alternative on paper is a stereo pair of pictures as exemplified in Figure 3.1. The image on the left is for your left eye and... 

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