Week 2 - Math + Art

Following this weeks lectures, I learned that the line between math and art is much less blured than I previously throught. The idea mentioned in Professor Vesna's lecture that math is its own language is something that I have heard but never truly connected with until now. We can see the math world of Good Will Hunting with its own language that Will seems to understand when he solves the problem on the board outside of the lecture hall. Some people are truly blessed to understand and communicate in these languages.

 

In the same sense, art can be its own language for those who truly understand it. The ability to openly communicate about what material is being used or the stitch placement is foreign to those who have never experienced it, but feels like home to many. This is much like the ideas that were brough up in Kate McKinnon's video on Contemporary Geometric Beadwork. The linkages and cycling machines mentioned were unknown to me, but her team understood and visualized what was being mentioned.

From this new idea presented in Kate McKinnon's video, it reminded me of the famous Fibonacci Sequence that is present in both the math world and also art. This sequence is one of the most well known concepts in the math world that translates over to art and the real world. A famous use of this is in the Mona Lisa as mentioned in professors leture. Such an old and iconic piece of art is also interwoven with the works of math as if it was knitted together. Together these two concepts shape a truly important pice of art and math that still marvels people to this day. The use of math has allowed art to further be explored and created where the creation of art opens the door for its expression through math.

 

Works Cited

1. Samyeargin, director. Good Will Hunting Scene (Math Problem). YouTube, YouTube, 14 Sept. 2008, www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7b0cLn-wHU.
2. Gathering4gardner, director. Contemporary Geometric Beadwork – Kate McKinnon. YouTube, YouTube, 19 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkqd4TSpCJE.
3. Fine artist playing with interactivity, math, code. Nathan Selikoff. (2020, January 18). Retrieved April 7, 2022, from https://nathanselikoff.com/
4. Golden Ratio in modern art: Find out how is the Fibonacci sequence related to the golden ratio. ARTBLOG. (2021, June 7). Retrieved April 7, 2022, from https://blogofart.com/art/fibonacci-ratio/
5. Lesson 3: Vanishing points and looking at art - cs.ucf.edu. (n.d.). Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cap6938-02/refs/VanishingPoints.pdf