Cody Schrier - DESMA9 Blog 2
Math and Art
After doing this week's readings and watching the lectures, I have found that mathematics have quite an influence on art and science, even though they are usually viewed as completely different. Rather than math, art, and science being compared, they actually have an influence on each other and have a big role for one another.
Someone such as Leonardo da Vinci used all sorts of mathematical formulas when creating his generational art. His math formula found a way to "distinguish artificial and natural perspective," (Vesna) by mixing art and math together. Before viewing this lecture video I would have never known that da Vinci used math to create some of the world renowned masterpieces he made such as the Vitruvian man, the Mona Lisa, and The Last Supper.
I really found it interesting in Flatland when Edwin A. Abbott speaks on how we can view the world as more than just this normal flat and straight line. "The first means of recognition is the sense of hearing," (Abbott 5) he states. Our ability to take sounds and discriminate between them using our sense of hearing makes us able to see things from different angles. I found this concept in the orchestra performance, Four Dimensions, where the mathematical number of beats that are played displays different colors, shapes, and light. An example of this is "zero (0n'off), one (points become lines), two (lines become planes), three (planes become volumes), and four (volumes enter an imperceptible fourth dimension)." (Four Dimensions). This illustration demonstrates how math can have an affect on visual performances in addition to paintings.
Vesna states that "painting has three principle parts, which we say are drawing, proportion, and coloring" (Lecture Video 17:38). After these three there is a freedom for any creativity and expressions which is why there are never ending styles of art. Scientists and artists use mathematics in the same ways and apply it to their works in their own special ways.
Resources
Abbott, Edwin A. “Section 5: Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another.” Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, second revised edition ed., 1884.
Charles Csuri, CsuriVision Ltd., https://www.charlescsuri.com/ .
Csuri, Charles A. “Balancing Act 2000, Cibachrome print size 65” x 48”.” Charles Csuri, https://www.charlescsuri.com/exclusive?itemId=mzogu3qnej5o497v0jv53wzt6xee3r . Accessed 12 Apr. 2023.
“Four Dimensions.” Nathan Selikoff, 20 June 2013, https://www.nathanselikoff.com/works/four-dimensions .
Lay, Keith, director. Four Dimensions for Orchestra, EWI and Laptop. YouTube, YouTube, 1 June 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_d8pMxm8Ns . Accessed 12 Apr. 2023.
Vesna, Victoria. Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov. Youtube, UC Online, 9 April. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmq5B1LKDg . Accessed 12 Apr. 2023
Vesna, Victoria. Math Intro. Youtube, UC Online, 26 Mar. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHiL9iskUWM . Accessed 12 Apr. 2023
Vinci, Leonardo da. “Mona Lisa .” The Art of Maths, 2019, https://artofmaths.eu/the-mathematics-in-art/. Accessed 12 Apr. 2023.
Hi Cody! I agree with your comment about how scientists and artists use math in the same way and how they apply it to their work. Like how we see math in the perception, golden ratio, composition, etc. in art. And how math helps science with modeling, measurements, plus more. Overall, I think your idea being the last sentence of the blog was a perfect way to close off.
ReplyDeleteHi Cody! I also didn't know about how Leonardo da Vinci used math in his creation of so many iconic pieces. The use of math in music is fascinating like in the Four Dimensions orchestra, I love how math and music can work together to create such great displays of art. Technology seems to be a recurring theme in the pieces that we're studying, and I especially enjoyed the piece you chose and the technology involved!
ReplyDeleteHi Cody, I really liked your contribution to this week's blog posts. In particular, I like how you incorporated Professor Vesna's point about how technology can be used to create art by using math found in computers. This practice can work together to use science and math contained in forms of technology to create beautiful artwork. I didn't realize previously how intertwined these principals are, but after studying it this week I can see that they have a symbiotic relationship.
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