Week 2 Math and Art Blog

When evaluating art there are several qualities that fly right over an observers head. An example of an aspect of art that is not typically appreciated is the implementation of the fourth dimension. Linda Dalrymple Henderson wrote an article explaining this fourth dimension and its relevance to art in the early 1900's. Renowned artists such as Duchamp, Picabia, and Kupka all had an interest in combining math and art to create cubist paintings during this time period. This piece below is a demonstration of the use of geometrical shapes and forms of mathematics that assist in creating an art piece. 

Picabia used quadrilaterals such as parallelograms, rectangles, and other to create this cubist painting that expresses feeling and projects a human body. 

A cubist artist said, "...We are motivated by a desire to complete our subjective experience by inventing new aesthetic and conceptual capabilities"(Henderson). The use of mathematics in art is solely to demonstrate new ways of seeing art and not to solve any math problems. Furthermore, math is being used as a form of expression within art. Geometry is the most used form of math in art followed by ratio's. 

Another example is sculptor, Bathsheba Grossman, and her use of arithmetic to create pieces. On very developed patterns, this property can be verified in more than one rotation axis. The more symmetry conditions an object has, "the more elegant and cleansing is its shape, getting it closer of the elemental geometric solids like the cube, the tetrahedron, octahedron, the dodecahedron or the icosahedron"(Seven). Sometimes, the rules are very simple like, for instance, three rotations of 180º in each of the coordinated perpendicular axes. 

 

Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland By Edwin A. Abbott – PDF Download.” Free EBooks and AudioBooks, 17 Dec. 2010, egoarchive.com/book/410943153/flatland. 

“Bathsheba Grossman.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Dec. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Grossman. 

“Sculpture and Math.” OBVIOUS, obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/06/sculpture_and_math.html. 

“Understanding the Fourth Dimension From Our 3D Perspective.” Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2018, interestingengineering.com/understanding-fourth-dimension-3d-perspective. 

“Victoria Vesna | University of California, Los Angeles.” Academia.edu, ucla.academia.edu/VVesna.

Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland By Edwin A. Abbott – PDF Download.” Free EBooks and AudioBooks, 17 Dec. 2010, egoarchive.com/book/410943153/flatland. 

“Bathsheba Grossman.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Dec. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Grossman. 

“Sculpture and Math.” OBVIOUS, obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/06/sculpture_and_math.html. 

“Understanding the Fourth Dimension From Our 3D Perspective.” Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2018, interestingengineering.com/understanding-fourth-dimension-3d-perspective. 

“Victoria Vesna | University of California, Los Angeles.” Academia.edu, ucla.academia.edu/VVesna.

Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland By Edwin A. Abbott – PDF Download.” Free EBooks and AudioBooks, 17 Dec. 2010, egoarchive.com/book/410943153/flatland. 

“Bathsheba Grossman.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Dec. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Grossman. 

“Sculpture and Math.” OBVIOUS, obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/06/sculpture_and_math.html. 

“Understanding the Fourth Dimension From Our 3D Perspective.” Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2018, interestingengineering.com/understanding-fourth-dimension-3d-perspective. 

“Victoria Vesna | University of California, Los Angeles.” Academia.edu, ucla.academia.edu/VVesna.

Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland By Edwin A. Abbott – PDF Download.” Free EBooks and AudioBooks, 17 Dec. 2010, egoarchive.com/book/410943153/flatland. 

“Bathsheba Grossman.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Dec. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Grossman.

“Sculpture and Math.” OBVIOUS, obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/06/sculpture_and_math.html.

“Understanding the Fourth Dimension From Our 3D Perspective.” Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2018, interestingengineering.com/understanding-fourth-dimension-3d-perspective. 

“Victoria Vesna | University of California, Los Angeles.” Academia.edu, ucla.academia.edu/VVesna.

Abbott, Edwin A. “Flatland By Edwin A. Abbott – PDF Download.” Free EBooks and AudioBooks, 17 Dec. 2010, egoarchive.com/book/410943153/flatland. 

“Bathsheba Grossman.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Dec. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Grossman. 

“Sculpture and Math.” OBVIOUS, obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/06/sculpture_and_math.html. 

“Understanding the Fourth Dimension From Our 3D Perspective.” Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2018, interestingengineering.com/understanding-fourth-dimension-3d-perspective. 

“Victoria Vesna | University of California, Los Angeles.” Academia.edu, ucla.academia.edu/VVesna.