%0 Journal Article %1 ziegler2014drers %A Ziegler, Günter M. %D 2014 %J The Guardian %K Dürer Melancolia art mathematics polyhedra %T Dürer's polyhedron: 5 theories that explain Melencolia's crazy cube %U http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2014/dec/03/durers-polyhedron-5-theories-that-explain-melencolias-crazy-cube %X The distinctive three-dimensional shape in Albrecht Dürer’s 1514 engraving Melencolia I has been the subject of innumerous analyses and still no one is sure what it is or what it means. On the occasion of its 500th birthday, mathematician Günter M Ziegler looks again at art history’s most infamous truncated triangular trapezohedron.

@article{ziegler2014drers, abstract = {The distinctive three-dimensional shape in Albrecht Dürer’s 1514 engraving Melencolia I has been the subject of innumerous analyses and still no one is sure what it is or what it means. On the occasion of its 500th birthday, mathematician Günter M Ziegler looks again at art history’s most infamous truncated triangular trapezohedron.}, added-at = {2015-01-05T12:32:42.000+0100}, author = {Ziegler, Günter M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c69a136e5743f6fa1fc3d4ed6ffd1fbf/victoria_helen}, day = 3, interhash = {2392b06eac9066db3458eb3f0dff78aa}, intrahash = {c69a136e5743f6fa1fc3d4ed6ffd1fbf}, journal = {The Guardian}, keywords = {Dürer Melancolia art mathematics polyhedra}, month = {December}, timestamp = {2015-01-05T12:32:42.000+0100}, title = {Dürer's polyhedron: 5 theories that explain Melencolia's crazy cube}, url = {http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2014/dec/03/durers-polyhedron-5-theories-that-explain-melencolias-crazy-cube}, year = 2014 }