Mathematics and art  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 21:16, 5 September 2010
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff
Current revision
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

Line 3: Line 3:
== See also == == See also ==
 +*[[Doryphoros]] by [[Polykleitos]] is the perfect example of the [[ideal male nude]], as characterized in the [[Canon of Polykleitos]]
* [[Fractal art]] * [[Fractal art]]
* [[Golden ratio#Aesthetics|The golden ratio in art]] * [[Golden ratio#Aesthetics|The golden ratio in art]]

Current revision

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

Mathematics and art have a long historical relationship. The ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks knew about the golden ratio, regarded as an aesthetically pleasing ratio, and incorporated it into the design of monuments including the Great Pyramid, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. There are many examples of artists who have been inspired by mathematics and studied mathematics as a means of complementing their works. The Greek sculptor Polykleitos prescribed a series of mathematical proportions for carving the ideal male nude. Renaissance painters turned to mathematics and many, including Piero della Francesca, became accomplished mathematicians themselves.

See also





Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Mathematics and art" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools