Week 2

Many people are under the belief that math and art are opposites to one another and that these two fields don’t cross in any way. This is in fact false because everyday in one way or another you witness art that was created using some form of math. The integration of mathematics in art has transformed the way art is today whether we recognize it or not. Especially in today’s world where technology is a such a big part of our culture, math and science are even more prevalent in our everyday intake of media. From the layout of my computer screen to the social media sites we visit numerous times a day, math is used in art. The advancement of technology has certainly increased the need for math in art however it has always been there.
Artists way before our time understood how to make a two-dimensional plane look three-dimensional as well as how to proportion their artwork to make it look more realistic. Vanishing points and using the science behind the viewer's perspective are also ways in which math aids art. According to the lecture video this week, Leonardo Da Vinci was a pioneer in this technique of proportioning, which is referred to now as the “golden ratio”. Some of his works as early as the 1470’s utilize this technique of the “golden ratio” that allow for his work to be more believable to the eye as it maps out objects in relation to one another.
Due to the fact that we are so ingrained to believe these subjects are at opposite ends of the spectrum we are blind to see that we do in fact use them together in support of one another. These techniques of math in art stem back centuries when technology played even less of a factor.
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Works Cited
Goldennumber.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.
"Golden Ratio The Golden Bridge Between Logic and Creativity." Royalens. N.p., 10 Feb. 2017. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.
"Isometric Projection." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Apr. 2017. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.
[[getSimpleString(data.shortBylineText)]]. "Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov." YouTube. N.p., 09 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.
"Vanishing Point." Vanishing Point -- from Wolfram MathWorld. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2017.


Comments

  1. Amanda AshlineApril 19, 2017 at 8:39 PM

    I agree that math is a very important component of art, and helps to create it. It has been able to make art more engaging and creative. I liked the point you made about technology and social media being a combination of math and art, as I did not think of this connection. I also talked about the vanishing points and how math is necessary for this to happen. The three pictures you used to show art and science were very insightful and help show real life examples.

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