№ 060 · 05·A3·D

Spacetime is a field

1915 · General relativity

Idea

05 of 10

Layout

Route A · diagonal · seed 7

Theme

dark · dark-grain texture

Drawing

r = 1 / (1 + e cos kφ) with e = 0.55 and k = 0.86 over nine turns: an ellipse whose closest point advances every orbit (the effect that moves Mercury's orbit, hugely exaggerated).

Figures

• Fig. 5.1Wall clock (cartel), Jean-Jacques Fieffé, ca. 1745–49
• Fig. 5.3Sphere, Mexican, before 16th century
• Fig. 5.4Nebuleuse de la Lyre, Paul Henry, ca. 1885
• Fig. 5.8[Solar Eclipse from Caroline Island], H. A. Lawrence, May 6, 1883
• Fig. 5.10Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Rows of Lens Shapes and Rows of Ovals and Pearls Framed by Undulating Garlands of Pearls, Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century, 1840
• Fig. 5.12Sphere, Diquís, 800–1550
• Fig. 5.13Textile Design with a Basketweave Pattern and Alternating Rows of Lens-Shaped Pearls, Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century, 1840

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 9 KB / 24 KB / 75 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.