Math with Art & Science
This weeks’ viewing and readings accentuate how collaboration
between two different academia can produce content that caters to both and
delivers a better overall product. Implementation of mathematical laws and
theories in art has allowed art to develop elements that have created artistic
styles centered around mathematics. The most shocking insight of the week
though is the realization that math has essentially been a part of the art for
ages. The two have gone hand in hand to produce some of the greatest historical
pieces of art dating back to the Renaissance period and before. The application
of the Golden Ratio in the construction of the Parthenon in Athens in 440 BC is
one such example. The Golden Ratio has been a center piece of math and art
through various periods showing up again in the many works of Leonardo da
Vinci. The Golden Ratio, alternatively known as the Divine Perspective, is the
proportion of a plane figure in which the ratio of a smaller rectangle to the
larger is the same as the ratio of the larger to the whole. Da Vinci uses this
Ratio in many of his art pieces including the iconic “Mona Lisa.” The Perspective
is also evident in “The Last Supper,” showcasing how the Ratio has served some
of the most important art pieces in human history. Noticing the prevalence of
the Ratio through many periods lead me to inquire its use in current times. Hints
of the Golden Ratio are present in the Apple logo. The circle cuts in the logo
remain true to the Ratio. The integration of mathematics in religiously inspired
art and in art for commercial purposes shows the combination of the two
academia can serve more than one purpose.
Links:
Abbot, Edwin A. "Flatland The Film." Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884): 1-5. Web. 18 April 2017.
Henderson, Linda Dalrymple. "The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art: Conclusion." Leonardo 17.3 (1984): 205-10. Web. 18 April 2017.
https://www.goldennumber.net/art-composition-design/
https://www.goldennumber.net/raphael-golden-ratio-in-renaissance-art/
http://www.instantshift.com/2015/03/31/golden-ratio-in-designs/
Love how succinct your analysis on this combination of math and art is! I think the images you've presented also provide a clear juxtaposition of how math has influenced art from ancient to modern times. Your images show that because mathematics hasn't changed over time (while art has), the influence that math has on art also remains static. And yet, because of the creative facet of art, art is able to change over time but is still influenced by the constancy of math.
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