R. Buckminster Fuller

Synergetics Folio
1979

A poster titled "COSMIC HIERARCHY" featuring a complex, colorful geometric structure at the center with overlapping circles and lines on a black background. The text below the title explains the concept of a cosmic hierarchy with references to geometric forms and their mathematical properties. The bottom of the poster includes a legend correlating symmetrical forms with their frequency and quantation values, as well as a signature and handwritten notes.
A poster titled "COSMIC HIERARCHY" featuring a complex, colorful geometric structure at the center with overlapping circles and lines on a black background. The text below the title explains the concept of a cosmic hierarchy with references to geometric forms and their mathematical properties. The bottom of the poster includes a legend correlating symmetrical forms with their frequency and quantation values, as well as a signature and handwritten notes.

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Date
1979

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 36 × 23 7/8in. (91.4 × 60.6 cm)

Accession number
2007.170.9

Edition
34/44

Publication
Published by R. Buckminster Fuller; published by Lim Chong Keat

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Leandro P. Rizzuto

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Synergetics Folio

10 works

Educational poster titled "CONCEPTUALITY OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS OF ANGLE ‘A’ AS EXPOUNDED IN SYNERGETICS" with a central illustration of a sphere intersected by a triangle and various lines representing trigonometric functions. The poster includes definitions and ratios for sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant, with corresponding visual aids. The bottom of the poster features a detailed explanation of trigonometric functions and their mathematical relationships, attributed to R. Buckminster Fuller.
Educational poster titled "Deceptiveness of Topology Quanta Lost by Congruence" with geometric diagrams and explanations. The poster features seven labeled illustrations (A to G) of various geometric shapes, predominantly in red and yellow, demonstrating different topological properties and transformations. The text includes mathematical formulas and descriptions related to Euler's polyhedral formula and vector equilibrium, with a focus on the topology of tetrahedrons and their congruence. The bottom of the poster contains a detailed explanatory text and a signature with a date.
A poster titled "COSMIC HIERARCHY" featuring a complex, colorful geometric structure at the center with overlapping circles and lines on a black background. The text below the title explains the concept of a cosmic hierarchy with references to geometric forms and their mathematical properties. The bottom of the poster includes a legend correlating symmetrical forms with their frequency and quantation values, as well as a signature and handwritten notes.
A poster with the title "Radiant Photons" at the top, featuring a central graphic of numerous blue and red pencil-like shapes arranged in a circular, radiating pattern on a beige background. Below the graphic, there is a handwritten note and a signature that reads "R. Buckminster Fuller," along with a small blue stamp on the left side.
This image features a scientific poster titled "Four Quanta Phases: Gravity More Effective than Radiation" with text and diagrams explaining concepts related to energy, matter, and vector equilibrium. The poster includes several colorful geometric figures, such as tetrahedrons and vector diagrams, annotated with handwritten notes. The name R. Buckminster Fuller is signed at the bottom, indicating authorship of the content.
Educational poster titled "Now You See It. Now You Don't" discussing the concept of "Quanta Lost by Precession (Richter Transformation)" with illustrations of geometric shapes, including polyhedra and their transformations. The poster includes text annotations explaining the geometric concepts, and is signed by R. Buckminster Fuller at the bottom right.
A detailed page from a scientific or philosophical text titled "Synergetics' Operational Accountability Of All Vanishing and Elsewhere Reappearing Quanta" with densely packed text discussing concepts related to physics, mathematics, and philosophy, including references to Einstein and Euler. The document appears to be a page from a book or paper by R. Buckminster Fuller, as indicated by the author's name at the bottom. The text is interspersed with mathematical formulas and small geometric illustrations.
This image displays a poster titled "MULTIPLICATION ONLY BY DIVISION Three Ways of Progressive Halving Starting from Primitive Unity or Tetrahedron" by R. Buckminster Fuller. The poster features a series of geometric diagrams and illustrations showing various ways to divide and multiply a tetrahedron, with accompanying text explanations for each step. The diagrams are color-coded in red, yellow, and blue to differentiate the shapes and their transformations. The bottom of the poster includes the author's name and a handwritten note with a signature and date.
This image features a poster with the title "But There It Is Again Quantum Recovered in the Cube" in bold black letters at the top. Below the title are various geometric diagrams and mathematical annotations explaining the concept of quantum recovery in a cube. The diagrams include cubes, tetrahedrons, and other complex geometric shapes, some of which are colored in red, blue, yellow, and green. Mathematical and scientific terminology accompanies the diagrams, providing a detailed explanation of the concept. The name "R. Buckminster Fuller" is credited at the bottom of the poster.
Educational poster titled "Simplest Trigonometric Solutions" with detailed text and diagrams explaining trigonometric concepts, relationships, and solutions, including references to Napier's rules and spherical trigonometry.

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