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Lygia Pape — Book of Creation
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Surface as Pulse
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Systems of Clarity
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Origin:
Brazil
Era:
1950s–1970s
Themes / Lineage:
geometry frequency • line field
Field Notes:
radiation • geometry • pulse
Quiet Modernism appears here as rhythmic surface sustained through repetition.

Surface as Pulse

Lygia Pape — Book of Creation

Repetition establishes cadence.

Intervals regulate appearance.

Rhythm holds.

What regulates rhythm?
Repetition often builds emphasis, yet intervals restrain it. Appearance cycles evenly. What continues is cadence sustained through return.

Repetition often builds emphasis, yet intervals restrain it.

Appearance cycles evenly.

What continues is cadence sustained through return.

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Lygia Pape, Livro da Criação (Book of Creation) (1959-60), 16-page pop-up book, gouache and tempera on paperboard. Each: 12 × 12 inches. Private collection (© Projeto Lygia Pape. Photograph by Alise O’Brien, photography © Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Alise O’Brien Photography).

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