Editing Stellation (section)

==From mathematics to art==
[[File:Magnus Wenninger polyhedral models.jpg|thumb|left|Magnus Wenninger with some of his models of stellated polyhedra in 2009]]

{{further|Mathematics and art}}

Alongside from his contributions to mathematics, [[Magnus Wenninger]] is described in the context of the relationship of [[mathematics and art]] as making "especially beautiful" models of complex stellated polyhedra.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malkevitch |first1=Joseph |title=Mathematics and Art. 5. Polyhedra, tilings, and dissections |url=http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-art5 |publisher=American Mathematical Society |accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Marble floor mosaic Basilica of St Mark Vencice.jpg|thumb|upright|Marble floor [[mosaic]] by [[Paolo Uccello]], [[Basilica of St Mark, Venice]], c. 1430]]

The [[Italian Renaissance]] artist [[Paolo Uccello]] created a floor mosaic showing a small stellated dodecahedron in the [[Basilica of St Mark, Venice]], c. 1430. Uccello's depiction was used as the symbol for the [[Venice Biennale]] in 1986 on the topic of "Art and Science".<ref name="Emmer2003">{{cite book |last=Emmer |first=Michele |title=Mathematics and Culture I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHRDnU29PO8C&pg=PA269 |date=2 December 2003 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-01770-7 |page=269}}</ref> The same stellation is central to two [[lithograph]]s by [[M. C. Escher]]: ''Contrast (Order and Chaos)'', 1950, and ''[[Gravitation (M. C. Escher)|Gravitation]]'', 1952.<ref>{{cite book |author=Locher, J. L. |year=2000 |title=The Magic of M. C. Escher |publisher=Harry N. Abrams, Inc. |isbn=0-810-96720-0}}</ref>