Art+Math Blog

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When you think about art and math, people generally assume that they are not connected. Art is viewed as being more creative and expressive while Math is perceived to be systematic and calculated. While both Art and Math embody these characteristics when taking a closer look at certain art pieces you are able to notice how mathematics play a huge factor in there visual appearance. In the Flatland reading the penny example helped me understand how math can change the way we perceive things visually.



When looking at the United States Treasury building shown to us in the lecture it finally clicked with me the relationship between math and art. Professor Verna describes a golden section which is a mathematical method used to create compelling art. Being able to be priciess with what your doing in any art piece allows overall makes it better to look at. When looking at "The proportion of the human figure" by Leonardo Da Vinci as seen in the lecture video I immediately noticed how the circle and square the human is in made me immediately think of geometry. It is obvious that the distances measured where done presisly and mathematically. By doing this Leonardo was able to create an art piece that is visually appealing.



The juxtapostion of art and science is essentially that both of them exist as being connected yet not connected at the same time. You can't have art without math and you can't have math without art. The two of them support each other but at the same time are in different categories.
















Abbott, Edwin A. Flatland. 2nd ed., Princeton Science Library , 1991.

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Frantz, Mark. “Lesson 3: Vanishing Points and Looking at Art.” Vanishing Points, UCSF, 2000, www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cap6938-02/refs/VanishingPoints.pdf.

“Leonardo and Mathematics.” The Mona Lisa Foundation, 9 Aug. 2018, monalisa.org/2012/09/12/leonardo-and-mathematics-in-his-paintings/.

Online, UC. “Math Intro.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Mar. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=52&v=eHiL9iskUWM.














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