The pattern has two metal pieces and a slip of paper. The sheet to which these are clipped is labled: FIRST ATTEMPT TO MAKE A STAR POLYHEDRON (/) WJ. It also is labeled: WELLESLEY 1945. Items ...
The distinctive three-dimensional shape in Albrecht Dürer’s 1514 engraving Melencolia I has been the subject of innumerous analyses and still no one is sure what it is or what it means. On the ...