Restate the question: How many shapes are there? The answer is really that a geometric figure can have an infinite number of shapes. The shapes used in geometry include triangle, square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, kite, circle, ellipse, parabola. Then you have pentagon, hexagon. heptagon, octagon, and so forth.
Polygons are flat shapes
what are the shapes on the space needle. i need to know how manny are there and what kinds on there
Well, isn't a rectangular prism a geometric shape? And isn't a brick a rectangular prism? see this is one way that geometric shapes are used in architecture.
Equilateral and isoceles triangles
M.C. Escher was known for this.
Jacob Lawrence
Yew R. Hetero
You might check EXPOSE or EXOTIQUE book collections. There are also many other books covering fantasy art (used in fantasy movies, fantasy book illustrations, fantasy games..)
Miró used abstract shapes, curving lines, and amoeba-like forms
Because he was an artist, he thought that if he didn't include either shapes or colours, that his art wouldn't sell. He was right. He put colour on the canvas in various shapes and made a bundle.
Every triangle will tessellate and, since there are infinitely many possible triangles, there are infinitely many shapes that can be used for tessellation. On the other hand, in any single tessellation you can only use a finite number of shapes.
The most common is an urn. But there are many shapes available.
commonly used tessellation shapes
Restate the question: How many shapes are there? The answer is really that a geometric figure can have an infinite number of shapes. The shapes used in geometry include triangle, square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, kite, circle, ellipse, parabola. Then you have pentagon, hexagon. heptagon, octagon, and so forth.
shapes are used in our daily, we can identify different shapes
Just like warming up before a race, skeching shapes is used to loosen up and get used to the feel of the shapes.