Sunday, June 26,
2016
Week 1
Math & Art
If I was looking at a
painting of some sort of scenery, I would not have thought that any math skills
were used to create it. However, after reading material this week I realized
that math plays a big role in the creation of art. I used to think that math
just had to do with certain rules and formulas we must follow to get one
specific answer and with art you just needed creativity and imagination. I have
learned that throughout history artists have indeed used mathematics to create
many pieces of art. As discussed in the lecture, Leonardo Da Vinci strongly
intertwines math and art in his work. His famous painting, the “Mona Lisa”
integrates math. “Da Vinci further incorporated math in art by first placing
a Golden Rectangle just above the Mona Lisa's nose. By adding squares to the
first rectangle using Fibonacci's series, Da Vinci formed what is termed the Golden
Spiral.” (Rhinehart)
Even a simple knitted scarf
requires algebraic equations such as the Yang-Baxter equation, where R corresponds
to swapping three strands of yarn in two different ways. I asked my Grandmother
who knits a lot if she uses math in her knitting and she replied that she
couldn’t possibly knit anything without using several different mathematical
techniques such as the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, multiplying, dividing or
calculating the Guage (how many stiches and rows there are in an inch).
Another thing that I learned
this week is that math not only plays a big part in art through paintings but
also in the design of architecture. For example, the golden ratio was used to
design the Parthenon.
The juxtaposition of math, art and science wasn’t
something that I had previously given much thought to. This week's video
lecture and researching the topic, has made me open my mind into the world of
art. Now that I realize there is math and science behind art, I will look at
artistic things differently than I did in the past.
Works Cited
Rhinehart, Linda M. “How Math
and Leonardo Da Vinci Create Art.” Web. 24 June 2016.
“Mathematical Masterpieces:
Making Art from Math Equations.” Web. 24 June 2016.
Meisner, Gary. “The Parthenon
and Phi, the Golden Ratio.” Web. 25
June. 2016.
Stuebing, Karla. “The Art and
Science of Planned Pooling.” Web. 25 June 2016.
Vesna, Victoria. “Math + Art." UCLA, Los Angeles.
Lecture.
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