Symmetry in Koloman Moser's Flächenschmuck
Proceedings of Bridges 2019: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 411–414
Short Papers
Abstract
Koloman Moser’s 1899 design Forellenreigen (Trout dance) may be the first published example of a tiling by animal shapes. In 1901, he published 29 periodic designs in Flächenschmuck (Surface Ornamentation). Here we analyze the wallpaper symmetries of these designs, noting in particular several instances of ambiguity.