Week 2: Math + Art

Fibonacci's Spiral
Since  I am an engineering major, I am familiar with mathematics. However, I have never thought that mathematics is related to art before the lecture. The most interesting fact in this lecture was Mathematics' contribution on evolution of art. As I was watching the lecture video by Professor Victoria Vesna, there was a mention about Fibonacci's sequence. When I was taking Discrete Mathematics in UCLA, I learned about the Fibonacci's sequence. The sequence has the pattern that the next number is the sum of the previous number and current number. (1,1,2,3,4,8,13,21...) I did not actually think of any correlation between the sequence and art. However, as I researched more about it, I could catch the correlation easily. This is called the Fibonacci's spiral which is the imagery of the sequence. It is often called Golden Ratio which is used in the composition of picture for perfect balancing. 
Robert Greenham's
Tango Final of British Championship
Blackpool, 1969
https://www.markmitchellpaintings.com/blog/
the-fibonacci-sequence-in-artistic-composition/

This is Robert Greenham's Tango Final of British Championship, Blackpool, 1969 which is perfectly outlined by two spirals. More pictures that is related to the Fibonacci's Spiral can be found in the website. Pictures like this is obviously inspired by the pattern of Fibonacci's Spiral. The pictures are looking well arranged and natural. 
Mona Lisa
Many other famous pictures are heavily incorporated with the Golden Ratio. One of the famous artist who is inspired by the Ratio is Leonardo Da Vinci. One of the most famous pictures of him is Mona Lisa. Other than this, many drawings of him is well performed with the pattern of  Fibonacci's Spiral as well.

Greek Architecture

Fibonacci's Spiral was not only used in drawings, but also the architectures. The spiral   helped on its looking and balance as well.

From the lecture and resources from Professor  Victoria Vense, it has been described that the art  and Science are correlated and connected with  math. It is vividly illustrated that the evolution  of  mathematics is correspond to the advance of  science and art. I think it is inseparable between  them. Without mathematics there would not  be significant improvement on art.





“Fibonacci Blocks.” Fibonacci Blocks - Home, fibonacciblocks.com/.

 “The Fibonacci Sequence in Artistic Composition.” The Art Blog by Mark Mitchell, www.markmitchellpaintings.com/blog/the-fibonacci-sequence-in-artistic-composition/.

 “Mona Lisa.” The Fibonacci Sequence, thefibonaccisequence.weebly.com/mona-lisa.html.

 “Flatland.” Flatland, by E. A. Abbott, 1884, www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/eaa/FL.HTM.

 ABBOTT, EDWIN. FLATLAND: a Romance of Many Dimensions. VALUE CLASSIC REPRINTS, 1884.

Comments

  1. WGApril 16, 2018 at 12:35 PM

    I like that your examples of how arts and math are closely related. The research of math has brought so many advantages to art fields to find the golden ratio which is used in the composition of pictures for pursuing perfect balancing. So that it became a mandatory tool in the art fields in an example as you mentioned on the blog Fibonacci's sequence. Your posting is really fascinating about the the relationship of math and art.

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  2. Jung Hoon ParkApril 17, 2018 at 7:58 PM

    Hello Chanhoe!
    I like how you compared math and art are very related by using Fibonacci's sequence. When I read the articles and look on the websites, not only arts are related to Fibonacci's sequence, but also nature is related to art! It is very interesting that everything is somewhat related to art and math combined!

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