WEEK 2 MATH + ART

 This week we learned how important math is and how it is everywhere around us. We also learned that even though artist and mathematicians learn about their specialty removed from the other, they both actually go together. That is why mathematicians and artist have learned so much from each other over time. One of the most famous mathematicians and artist that fused mathematics and art together has to be Leonardo Da Vinci. With his creation of The Last Supper, the Mona Lisa, and Vitruvian Man we see some of the most iconic uses of mathematics and art together. In this first picture we see the outline of The Last Super with the lines showing where the vanishing point and perspective is. Leonardo Da Vinci defined perspective as " a rational demonstration by which experience confirms that the image of all things are transmitted to the eye by pyramidal line." 

(Image1: The Last Supper)


(Image 2: Mona Lisa)

In this image above we see what is know as the golden what is called the "True Golden Spiral: the length of the side of a larger square to the next smaller square is in the ‘Golden Ratio." ( It is pretty astonishing know that there is formulas used to create such master piece like The Mona Lisa.

(Image 3: Vitruvian Man)
This image was created in 1847 "is known as a symbol of Art and Science." (Vesna) This drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci showed his use of proportion. The architecture Vitruvius based his work around the ideal of human proportions, source of classical proportion of architecture.


Foundation, Mona Lisa. “Leonardo and Mathematics.” The Mona Lisa Foundation, 9 Aug. 2018, https://monalisa.org/2012/09/12/leonardo-and-mathematics-in-his-paintings/. 

The Vitruvian Man - by Leonardo Da Vinci, https://www.leonardodavinci.net/the-vitruvian-man.jsp. 

Abbott, E.A. “Flatland.” Flatland, by E. A. Abbott, 1884, http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/eaa/FL.HTM.

Vesna, Victoria. “Math and Art.” 14 Apr. 2023.

“The Last Supper - by Leonardo Da Vinci.” 10 Secrets of The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci, https://www.leonardodavinci.net/the-last-supper.jsp. 







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