Unit 2: Math and Art

This week’s material explained the relationship between math, art, and science and how the three are intertwined. Before this week’s lecture and readings I had naturally grouped math and science together, but always thought of them as separate from art. I had heard the concept that math was a big part of art, but I had kind of doubted it because art seems so free, creative, and loose, while math seems structured, strict, and full of formulas. However, they have a much stronger relationship that I once thought.

In Marc Frantz’ “Vanishing Points and Looking at Art”, I gained more understanding of the idea of a vanishing point in which one-point perspective has one vanishing point and viewing art from a different angle could create a different perception of depth. The Vanishing Point Theorem is when two or more lines in the real world are parallel to one another, but not parallel to the picture plane, and have the same vanishing point.
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Linda Dalrymple Henderson’s “The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art” discussed the relationship between the three fields in regard to 4 dimensional space. The fourth dimension is considered another spatial dimension. While scientists may be interested in four dimensional space in order to solve scientific theories, mathematicians may be interested in solving mathematical problems, and artists are interested in “inventing new aesthetic and conceptual capabilities”. They can also work together in order to create a metaphor for space.

Pablo Picasso, Le baiser (The kiss) (1969) Image result for the fourth dimension
Picasso includes the fourth dimension in a lot of his work, in which he creates a 2 dimensional painting and projects every perspective of the scene onto the painting.



Work Cited:
Frantz, Marc. "Lesson 3: Vanishing Points and Looking at Art." N.p., 2000. Web.

"ONLINE COURSE LOGIN." Course Login | Online Course Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

"Picasso, Einstein and the fourth dimension | Art | Agenda." Phaidon. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr.    
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"Planets in the Fourth Dimension." Azimuth. N.p., 02 June 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

"Vanishing Point." Pinterest. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2017.

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 19, 2017 at 7:35 PM

    I also had a very similar belief to you that while math and science can be correlated, it was hard for me to categorize art anywhere near the other two. Through much research this week I was actually astonished to find out how much math is used in both art and science.

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  2. UnknownApril 19, 2017 at 9:14 PM

    I had a similar experience in that before this week's material I had always thought of math and science together and both separate from art. This week opened my eyes to new perspectives and the math hidden within art that dates back centuries. As you pointed out they are made out to be very different in how we as a society classify the two, but in actuality without math, art would be vastly different. However they are still unique disciplines which is proved through your contrast between math and art when talking about the four dimensional space.

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