Math and Art

     

      Before reading and watching the lectures this week, I had a small idea that math was influential in art, but did not know actually how much. The fact that art has to do with the use of computers and that math is so influential and apart of life each and every day makes it very influential in art even though some artists say that they don’t like math.

Many of MC Escher’s pieces were made from unusual perspectives to his audience that created spatial effects. He used tiles that filled the plains with no overlaps and we can see in this picture how he made the body parts of the man in the picture come together through these different tiles. The viewer can see the man even though the tiles separate him. Escher uses math in this picture through its symmetry of bringing the tiles together. The idea of juxtaposition shows the act of blending together and placing this side by side for comparing and contrasting and in this picture you can see the black and whit being put side by side.

Based on this week, artists and scientists use mathematics to create their work even if they don’t even know it. Artists can specifically control the position of the viewer so it is in the correct geometrical position that the artist wants. This makes the artist use math in a way to be able to portray their image in the correct way to get the most illusive artwork.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Gcz9FIB4w

Henderson, Linda Dalrymple. “The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art: Conclusion.” Leonardo. 17.3 (1984): 205-210. Print.

Vesna, Victoria. “Mathematics.” Lecture. Cole online. Web. <https://cole.uconline.edu/~UCLA-201209-12F-DESMA-9-1#l=Week-2-Assignment/id4287887>.