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 Clara Wren - Week 2 - Math + Art

Mathematics has influenced science and the arts in several ways.  For example, as explained by Victoria Vesna, you cannot have the arts and science without math.  Technology is simply considered math and that is used all the time throughout the arts and science.  As said in a different video from Victoria Vesna, math is a system of symbols and a language.  It is a huge representation of visual art.  When drawing something, if you want it to be proportionate, you need measurements, which are a form of mathematics. 

Math Art Friday 7 - YouTube

Art Measurements

Math Art Friday 7 YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsO2u-nOZY.

Perspective is a mathematical system, however is used in art in every form.  When looking at paintings from different angles, you see different perspectives depending on where you are looking from.  This comes from The Y2K Survival Kit book. 

Perspective Drawing | John Lovett Artist

Perspective

“Perspective Drawing: John Lovett Artist.” John, https://www.johnlovett.com/perspective-drawing.

The rabbit-duck painting is considered an "illusion". Depending on the perspective and angle you are looking at it from, depicts whether you see the rabbit or the duck in the drawing. The calculations on this drawing had to be so specific and precise. This is where the mathematics side comes in, making sure each line is where it needs to be, is as long as it is supposed to be, and is in the right place on the paper as well. If even one measurement is off, the whole look of what the drawing is supposed to look like may be thrown off.

Duck or rabbit? 100-year-old optical illusion could tell you ...

Rabbit-duck Illusion

Art of Play. “Fun with Ambiguous Images.” Art of Play, Art of Play, 8 Sept. 2016, https://www.artofplay.com/blogs/stories/fun-with-ambiguous-images.

I learned how much science, art, and mathematics all go together.  When thinking about art and math, I would have never categorized them together or even seen how they could work with one another.  Now, you realize how much they go hand in hand.  It would not be possible to have so much creativity with such precise, and clean artwork, if there were no calculations and measurements that went into it.

The juxtaposition of art and math are how well they work together.  You could not have one without the other.  When it comes to math, if there were no art, you would not be able to draw even simple shapes like squares and circles.  When looking at art, you would not be able to make even lines that are the same length and straight without the help of mathematical measurements and calculations.  They are completely different concepts and subjects, but help each other to make each one successful.

References:

“Juxtaposition Definition & Meaning.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/juxtaposition.

“Rabbit–Duck Illusion.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 Apr. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit%E2%80%93duck_illusion.

Vesna, Victoria. Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov. YouTube, YouTube, 9 Apr. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmq5B1LKDg&t=521s.

Vesna, Victoria. Math Intro. YouTube, YouTube, 26 Mar. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHiL9iskUWM&t=52s.

Y2K Survival Kit.

Comments

  1. WhitneyApril 16, 2023 at 8:25 PM

    Hi Clara, I really enjoyed your blogpost! I completely resonate with your reflection at the end of your post, where growing up, I thought of mathematics and art as two completely different subjects that have very little overlap. However, as you wrote in your blogpost, these two subjects actually go hand in hand to create some of the most famous artwork and architectural monuments we see today. I also appreciate how you included the rabbit-duck illusion, as it was an impactful way to really nail in the lesson of dimensions and perspective. It almost reminds me of the Rorschach blot tests they use in psychology, where people are told to explain what they see in the blot. I'm wondering if there are more intersections between art, geometry, and even psychology!

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