In the lecture video, "Fibonacci, Fractals, and Financial Markets," it talks about how Leonardo Da Vinci used the
"golden ratio" when drawing the picture of the Vitruvian Man. This ratio is used on a larger scale
and can be seen in other works of art like buildings and monuments.
Another example of the connection between math and art is Robert Lang's origami. Lang
mentions that he believes that a simple piece of art such as origami can be important for engineers
when working on larger pieces of art like sculptures. This makes a lot of sense to me because when
you are making a sculpture, it really is just a large origami art.All you need to do is just scale the numbers
up so that the piece of art is larger than a normal piece of origami.
I think that no great artist has been able to avoid using math in their artwork throughout their careers.
Whether it is computer graphic design, or sculpting a banzai garden, there are always going to be
numbers involved. Professor Vesna's lecture was very eye opening as to how math and art work together to make something totally new and unique.
Works Cited:
Leonardo Da Vinci,Vitruvian Man
Robert Lang, Origami
Witcher 3 Artwork
Vesna, Victoria. “Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov.” Cole UC online. Youtube, 9 April 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.
Lang, Robert J. “Origami Mathematics.” Origami Mathematics. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.
I totally sympathize with your thoughts that we see outcomes of Mathematics in everyday lives. People tend to overlook the Mathematical mechanics of commonly seen items such as Origami. However, it is indeed more difficult to find items that do not require Math than searching for items that are made up of mathematic strategy. Furthermore, I couldn't agree more on your assertion that no great artists have been able to avoid math in their artwork because presence of Mathematics in artwork always shows more perfection and creativity.
ReplyDeleteMichael, I really enjoyed how you brought up your personal hobbies of video games in connection with math and art. Honestly, when I was making my post I totally forgot to even realize the connection between math and the artistic medium of video games. Furthermore I totally agree with you in your assertion that no artist has been able to avoid math in their art since its the math itself that, in a sense, is what makes something aesthetically pleasing.
ReplyDeleteHello Mr. Alves, I had the exact same thought process of many ways math and art came together. As a fellow gamer I see all the mathematical aspects of the games I play everyday. For example on Fortnite, the map uses a grid and longitude digits so you can figure out which direction I what and navigate yourself to the game. without that me and my friends would get lost and not know where to go. Thank you.
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