№ 011 · 01·B9·D

Grains of matter

c. 450 BCE · Atomism

Idea

01 of 10

Layout

Route B · cluster · seed 130

Theme

dark · dark-paste texture

Drawing

A seeded random walk: every step is a Gaussian kick in x and y, with a harder knock on 6 % of steps.

Figures

• Fig. 1.1Beads, Iran, 3rd millennium BCE
• Fig. 1.3[Dandelion Seeds], William Henry Fox Talbot, 1858 or later
• Fig. 1.4Section of Nephrite Mounted in a Microscope Slide, China, 20th century
• Fig. 1.6Beads, ca. 1550–1300 BCE
• Fig. 1.7Beads, Parthian, ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
• Fig. 1.8Beads, Parthian, ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
• Fig. 1.10Mosaic Tesserae, Byzantine, 6th–15th century
• Fig. 1.12Glass beads, Phoenician, 6th–4th century BCE
• Fig. 1.13Sand Shaker, American, 1835–50
• Fig. 1.14Microscope, Claude-Siméon Passemant, ca. 1750
• Fig. 1.15Microscope, probably early 19th century
• Fig. 1.16Mosaic fragment, Sasanian, ca. 3rd–7th century CE
• Fig. 1.19Lining of a Cap Ornament

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 8 KB / 26 KB / 93 KB

Use

© 2026 Rantasalo & Co. Oy. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: share unchanged, with credit, non-commercially. Photographs and textures: public domain (CC0), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access.