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How can we create repeating patterns based on what we see in this beadwork?

Dallas Museum of Art: Bead-embroidered prestige hat (mpaan), 20th century. Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

How do we identify the mathematical patterns used to construct this artwork?

Dallas Museum of Art: Wall Drawing #398, 1983, drawn April 1985. Sol LeWitt (Color ink wash)

Where are the patterns in this artwork, and how do they help create certain feelings and structure?

Dallas Museum of Art: Guitar and Pipe, 1913. Juan Gris (Oil and charcoal on canvas)

Dallas Museum of Art: Genesis, The Gift of Life, 1954. Miguel Covarrubias (Glass mosaic on concrete)

What is mathematical about the patterns on this bowl?

Dallas Museum of Art: Ceramic Bowl, 13th century (Iran, Asia). The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art