Week 2: Math + Art
This week's lesson showed me that mathematics was and continues to be integral to the development of art. Having taken an art history class before in the past, I was familiar with the tendency of artists to utilize geometry in art. Notably, Brunelleschi utilized the vanishing point rule, a rule that many artists subsequently adopted, in order to maximize depth in paintings. Additionally, Henderson talked about how artists have strived to add as much realism and depth into their artwork as possible, evident by their efforts to incorporate the 4th dimension through shadows and virtually constructed images, amongst other artistic tools. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/v/linear-perspective-brunelleschi-s-experiement As explained in lecture, another mathematically integrated concept was the Golden Ratio, which was critical in the development of aesthetics in art and architecture. Dr. Vesna spoke spe...
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