At first glance, one might
not think of art and math as being connected in any way.
Although the two disciplines were not always utilized together in
the past, the recent art era has combined the two. As Professor Vesna
pointed out, math is necessary in the creation of many art forms.
Architecture uses art to create the image of the final project, and use
geometry and other types of math to construct the creation in a way that is
both safe for whoever uses the product and accurately depicts the artist's
original image. Music utilizes math and physics via the frequency,
wavelength, etc. of the voice and instruments, which can also be controlled and
altered by the technology of computer programs ( http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ ). Optics and geometry are used when drawing for the purposes of dimension,
depth, and accuracy to the reality of the image and to the angled that it is
portrayed. Greek and Roman sculptures utilized human anatomy and
mathematical dimensions to make their art pieces look realistic and
proportional ( http://www.artsmia.org/education/teacher-resources/fivefacts_d.cfm?p=5&v=167
).
Artist and scientist
Leonardo Da Vinci incorporated the concept of linear perspective and the golden
rule to create depth, dimension, and environment (as seen in the images of Vitruvian
Man and Mona Lisa). Many other artists and people also
incorporated their knowledge of math concepts in their work. Just as the pantheon is constructed, the ancient Egyptians constructed carefully built pyramids that display the golden ratio, as mentioned in lecture.
If you take a cross-section through a pyramid, you would get a triangle.
The ratio of the slant height to half the base is said to be the golden
ratio. The perfect geometry of the pyramids not only are mathematically
constructed, but were also symbolically meaningful pieces of work to the
ancient Egyptians. It is amazing how, even so far back in history, art
and math were intellectually utilized together.
Art and the sciences
seemingly do not belong together, but just as math is in works of art and
architecture, without math, there is no nature, as Vesna
quotes Maximillian Cohen, “ Math is the language of nature”. Nature
itself uses mathematics to create beautiful pieces of art, such as snowflakes,
flower symmetry, and organism structure. To create the most intricate and
stable pieces of art, one must have at least a basic understanding of math and
engineering.
More Relevant Links:
Works Cited:
The Golden Mean in Leonardo
Da Vinci's Work. YouTube. N.p., 02
May 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTjEkhzA17I>.
"The Golden Section in
Ancient Egypt." Radoslav Jovanovic World Of Mathematics. N.p., Jan.
2003. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. <http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/golden/golden3.html>.
"Mathematics and
Art." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_and_art>.
Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov.
Victoria Vesna. YouTube. N.p., 09 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmq5B1LKDg>.
Robert Lang: The Math and
Magic of Origami. TED. N.p., July
2008. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html>.
Images:
Digital image. N.p., n.d.
Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpg>.
Digital image. N.p., n.d.
Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Mona_Lisa_Golden_Ratio.jpg>.
Digital image. N.p., n.d.
Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/kids/samplecrystals.jpg>.
Digital image. N.p., n.d.
Web. 13 Oct. 2013. <http://www.tokenrock.com/stock/goldenratio6.gif>.
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