'One Hundred Views of a Metagon': Notes: Related Works
The tradition of Thematic Focus or Series on a Theme
is well established, to wit some of the most known examples:
Johan Sebastian Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier
1722 and 1744, The Musical Offering BWV 1079 in
1747, The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 to 1750.
Max Bill in 1938 and
1974.
Max Ernst: La Femme 100 Têtes in 1929,
etc...
Francisco de Goya: Los Desastres de la Guerra
1810-1815, etc...
Hokusai in 1829 and
1835-1847, etc...
Claude Monet: Hay Stacks in 1891, The
Cathedral of Rouen in 1894.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve Variations on
"Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" K.300e(265) in
1778.
Pablo Picasso: Les Saltimbanques in 1905,
etc...
Domenico Tiepolo: Punchinello cycle: Divertimento
per li Regazzi, 104 pen and wash drawings in 1790.
Leonardo da Vinci: Polyhedra illustrations for Luca
Pacioli's "The Divine Proportion" in 1509.