Unit 2 

Math and Art

As a psychology major, my course work does not depend heavily on mathematics. However, psychology is a science and I have now come to understand the close relation of art and science. This week’s lecture jumped into math and art, which allowed me to get broader view of the relation of the two. Similar to professor Vesna, I too had a bad experience with math teachers early on. This pushed me towards art, and i began to fall in love with it. Thinking about it now, i never really understood the relation of the two when i drew. However, i began to see the relation more and more as I grew up and was able to see it much more clearly because of this weeks lecture. 

(Technology using math to create art)  

This week's topic dove into how math and art relate to one another. In fact they not only relate together but also in many ways rely on each other as well- artists using mathematics to create art. In lecture, i was able to obtain an even deeper understanding of the two cultures and come to learn about artificial and natural perspectives. This perspective allows for a more realistic and accurate drawing of living things and other objects. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the biggest contributors in this movement of combining the two cultures and the Vitruvian man shows this. The Vitruvian is the perfect example to learning about the Golden ratio. The Golden ratio defines human aesthetics and uses math (geometry) and art to do so. 

(Science, geometry, and art coming together) 

M.C. Escher is another huge contributor to combining the two fields together perfectly. He was able to master this by using geometry and incorporating other artistic components to create art. The combination of math, science and art allows for the creation of beautiful art. 

(building depicting Math and Art) 

   Nikko. Math Art Head. Digital image. Interactive Math. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.intmath.com/vectors/math-vector-art.php>.

    Chi, Kim. Science Edu Art. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web.              <https://leconfident.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/nylander-spidroball-large.jpeg>.

25 World Famous Buildings. Digital image. Creative Blogq. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.creativebloq.com/architecture/famous-buildings-around-world-10121105>.

Vesna, Victoria. "Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov." Cole UC online. Youtube. Web accessed. 10 Apr. 2016.

Abbott, Edwin. "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions." N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.