Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mandalas

Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas, c. 1500; Aztec Sun Stone (a.k.a. Aztec Calendar Stone) c. 1500; Navajo sand painting, 20c.; digital mandalas; mandalas from the natural world and the mechanical world; from the atomic to the cosmic.

Note: there are larger versions of many of these images-- click on image for larger view.




























cross-section of a twig


tungsten crystal at high magnification


sound vibrational patterns in water
















Large Hadron Collider (particle accelerator)


"soft" synthesizer module





Note to creators/owners of these images: thank you for allowing me to share these beautiful pictures with the people that visit this blog.

3 comments:

This Brazen Teacher said...

I teach this to third grade :-) Beautiful images! Thanks for the Newman comment on my blog btw. I don't know when you posted it... I just saw it today. Nice to have an Artist/ Educator opinion. Stop by again sometime :-)

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