Fig. 7. Intarsia panel by Fra Giovanni da Verona, at the church of Santa Maria in Organo, Verona, circa 1520. This is a flat panel constructed of inlaid wood, designed to fool the eye by appearing three-dimensional. One of several polyhedral masterpieces by Giovanni, this art form peaked in the early 1500s. This example contains the polyhedra shown in Figures 1 and 3 (and the cuboctahedron from the same source); other examples contain the form shown in Figure 2. | top of page | return to text |