Most people would differentiate between being an ‘art’ person, or a ‘math’ person, and would not see the relation that there is between the two. However, math and art have a lot in common. Both have a lot to do with shapes like hexagons, octagons, tetrahedrons, and others. All of these connections have shown me how important a knowledge of both subjects is.
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The video lecture for this week showed how many mathematical ideas like zero, have greatly impacted perspective in modern art. In the past, artists had to use geometry and math to make their paintings more realistic, but now many of them use computers. This means they still have to understand the way that math helps them create their art.
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In Linda Dalrymple Henderson’s article, “The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art”, she describes how new modern art styles like Cubism drew a connection between artists and mathematicians as they focused on the fourth dimension (3). Edwin A. Abbott shows another example of this connection in “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions”, when he describes all of the dimensions and how artists need to understand dimensions when they create art (4).
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Learning all of these things about the connections between art and science has really opened my eyes to how many things in life are inter-related that we don't even notice. Based on what I've learned this week, art, math and science are all very inter-related in many ways. Without each other, each subject would not be as advanced as it is today. Thankfully, we can work together to keep advancing each subject further and further.
Sources:
(1)We All Love Math. Digital image.Https://www.pinterest.com/pin/243475923574936815/. 1 Jan. 2013. Web.
(2)Programming, Math, and Art. Digital image.Http://www.computersforcreativity.com/about/programming-art-math. 1 Jan. 2014. Web.
(3)Henderson, Linda Dalrymple. The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art. Rev. ed. Print.
(4)Abbott, Edwin Abbott. Flatland a Romance of Many Dimensions. Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg, 1992. Print.
(5)Hypercube. Digital image.Http://f.tqn.com/y/arthistory/1/L/q/v/Hypercube.jpg. Web.
Yah its really interesting to see how the relation of math art are so closely woven. And definitely with the advancement of each subject by itself and together it will be very interesting where things develop into!
ReplyDeleteI know the professor's lecture mentioned zero as being an important idea in math that moved into art, but I wonder how many other fundamental mathematical concepts have made their way into art? One of the ones that comes to mind is the concept of the integral, how a whole bunch of trivial slices come together to form a whole. Interesting parallels to pointillism, no?
ReplyDeleteI too didn't really realize how math and art are related, after these lectures we've learned that they essentially can't exist without one another. I like your examples that you used. I thought that your first picture that you used was actually really interesting and made me think a little more, you may not actually realize that you're using math sometimes which I find really interesting. There are lots of things that we do everyday that we may not think relates to math but it does which goes back to deep down inside everyone loves math. I've always been more of a math person so I do enjoy math but for others not as much but they don't realize they may use it everyday without knowing. Loved reading your insight, thanks!
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