Reza Sarhangi and Robert Fathauer
“ Buzjani's Heptagon”
Digital print, 13" X 13", 2007.
This print was inspired by Abu’l-Wefa Buzjani's (10th Century Persian
mathematician) construction of a regular heptagon contained in his
treatise, “On Those Parts of Geometry Needed by Craftsmen”. His
construction is illustrated by the linework in the center portion of the
print. The characters around the perimeter of the design repeat
Buzjani’s name in Farsi.
Reza Sarhangi, Professor of Mathematics, Towson University and Robert Fathauer,
Small business owner, puzzle designer, and artist, Tessellations Company
Reza Sarhangi is interested in Persian geometric art and its historical methods
of construction, which he explores using the computer software Geometer's Sketchpad.
Robert Fathauer creates digital artworks on a Macintosh computer, primarily
using the commercial programs FreeHand and Photoshop.
Other works by the artists
“Gauss' 17-gon”
Digital print, 13" X 13", 2007.
This print was inspired by the construction of a regular 17-gon discovered by Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). His construction is illustrated by the linework in the center portion of the print.
“Buzjani's Rusty Compass Pentagon”
Digital print, 13" X 13", 2007.
Abu’l-Wefa Buzjani (940-998) was born in Buzjan, near Nishabur, a city
in Khorasan, Iran. This print was inspired by the construction of a regular
pentagon using a rusty compass contained in his treatise, "On Those Parts
of Geometry Needed by Craftsmen". His construction is illustrated by the
linework in the center portion of the print.