After doing this weeks readings and watching the lectures, I have learned that math is used almost all the time in art pieces, in order to get the art work to look the way it does. Many artists and mathematicians wanted to show the fourth dimension and in order to do so they had to use both art and math. The use of math in art started around 200 B.C. with the use of zero and then in the 13th century when Giotto used linear perspective to create depth. Geometry is used all the time to create depth and perspective in art.
A piece of art that I found interesting was this drawing. I found this drawing interesting because the artist had to use geometry and the vanishing point theorem to make the picture seem as though the scene continues beyond the page. The artist had to use geometry to make it seem as though the trees and the road continue to go on through the page.
Artists use math, and in particular, geometry to show different perspectives and angles in their artwork. Artists can manipulate what people see by the math that they use to create the shapes or shadows in their artworks. Artists need to calculate the sizes of the shapes that they put into their artwork in order for it to be perfect. In the two images shown, the artist had to use code to get the lights to show up exactly how they wanted them to.
Works Cited
Vesna, Victoria. "Mathematics Pt1." Mathematics Pt1. Online, Los Angeles. 9 Apr. 2016. Lecture.
“Flatland.” Flatland, by E. A. Abbott, 1884, www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/eaa/FL.HTM.
“Fine Artist Playing with Interactivity, Math, Code.” Nathan Selikoff, nathanselikoff.com/.
The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher, platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/.
Music and Computers, sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/.
Skylar I agree with you on the statement that almost all art involves math. You understand that artists are faced with the difficult task at observing something not too subjectively but rather objectively (thus they can have a wider audience). The fourth perspective enables them to do so; however it requires they be able to mesh their logical reasoning with their emotional.
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