Circle Limit I
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Circle Limit I is a 1958 woodcut print by M. C. Escher that depicts an infinite tessellation of fish within a hyperbolic, circular geometry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Circle Limit I canonical | 2 |
| Circle Limit II | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8998088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circle Limit I Context triple: [M. C. Escher, notableWork, Circle Limit I]
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A.
Mandala
Mandala is a 1983 electronic music album by Japanese composer Kitaro, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven soundscapes characteristic of his New Age style.
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B.
Penrose stairs
The Penrose stairs is an impossible object and optical illusion depicting a staircase that appears to ascend or descend forever in a loop, defying the rules of Euclidean geometry.
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C.
Several Circles
Several Circles is an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that explores pure geometric forms and color relationships through a dynamic composition of overlapping circles.
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D.
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
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E.
Black Square
Black Square is a groundbreaking abstract painting by Kazimir Malevich that became an icon of the Suprematist movement and a symbol of radical artistic minimalism in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Circle Limit I Target entity description: Circle Limit I is a 1958 woodcut print by M. C. Escher that depicts an infinite tessellation of fish within a hyperbolic, circular geometry.
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A.
Mandala
Mandala is a 1983 electronic music album by Japanese composer Kitaro, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven soundscapes characteristic of his New Age style.
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B.
Penrose stairs
The Penrose stairs is an impossible object and optical illusion depicting a staircase that appears to ascend or descend forever in a loop, defying the rules of Euclidean geometry.
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C.
Several Circles
Several Circles is an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that explores pure geometric forms and color relationships through a dynamic composition of overlapping circles.
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D.
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
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E.
Black Square
Black Square is a groundbreaking abstract painting by Kazimir Malevich that became an icon of the Suprematist movement and a symbol of radical artistic minimalism in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
woodcut print ⓘ |
| artist | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Modern art
ⓘ
Op art ⓘ |
| boundaryRepresents | infinity ⓘ |
| category |
1958 prints
ⓘ
Mathematics in art ⓘ Prints by M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| colorScheme | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| depicts |
circular geometry
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fish ⓘ hyperbolic geometry ⓘ infinite tiling ⓘ tessellation ⓘ |
| genre | mathematical art ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | hyperbolic perspective ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
infinity
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mathematical structure ⓘ non‑Euclidean geometry ⓘ symmetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Poincaré disk model
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non‑Euclidean geometry ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Circle Limit II ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | earlier tessellation prints by M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| motif | fish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
infinite regression of motifs
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precise geometric construction ⓘ visualization of hyperbolic space ⓘ |
| partOf |
Circle Limit series
ⓘ
linked to:
Escher’s tessellation prints
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| printmakingTechnique | relief printing ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Circle Limit II
ⓘ
linked to:
Circle Limit I
Circle Limit III ⓘ Circle Limit IV ⓘ |
| series |
Circle Limit series
ⓘ
linked to:
Escher’s tessellation prints
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| shapeOfBoundary | circle ⓘ |
| symmetryType |
reflection symmetry
ⓘ
rotational symmetry ⓘ |
| tessellationType | hyperbolic tessellation ⓘ |
| title | Circle Limit I ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | woodcut ⓘ |
| visualEffect | objects shrinking toward boundary ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1958 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Circle Limit I Description of subject: Circle Limit I is a 1958 woodcut print by M. C. Escher that depicts an infinite tessellation of fish within a hyperbolic, circular geometry.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Circle Limit I
linked to: Circle Limit I