Mathematics is the study of the relationship of numbers in the context of expressions, shapes, and calculations etc shown through symbols or numbers in it’s construction. You wouldn’t think that mathematics influences art, but it does in fact. We use math in art to create pieces of art to illustrate perspective and use geometry to create diverging lines and vanishing points. In lecture, Professor Vesna mentions a piece of art of black and white tiles diverging until they reach a vanishing point. This was new to me despite learning about these concepts before, yet I had never thought to think about the complexities behind these concepts. I always just thought it was to create perception and the use of linear lines. But it is all so much more complex than that. Behind this thinking, we use geometry and mathematical functions in order to create perspective, it all goes hand in hand with one another. 





    










A piece of art that I believe really exemplifies the use of mathematics to create art is “Relativity” (2006) by M.C. Escher. Escher in this piece is able to use mathematics to create a perspective that seems possible with the way it is accomplished in the art piece, yet we know is very impossible. In the same space he creates an ascending and descending all at once. When looking at the picture, it seems as if the stairs are all interconnected and it makes sense, as a stairway usually connects. But in a closer view, you realize that the way the stairs are positioned, that it seems that the stairs are sideways and the people are able to walk floating sideways as well while others look upside down depending on how you look at it. it’s a beautiful piece and with the way the stairway was drawn using diverging exemplify how math and the geometry of space was utilized to create complexity and realistic looking pieces. 



One of the most interesting things I learned about how artists use mathematics in their creative expression is in the context of music. One of the resources talks about sounds and how it can be seen as a mathematical function when one tries to create sound. It really got me thinking about how one creates beats and uses the computers to make these sounds that come together to make a coherent and pleasing sound as it comes together. They use math all of the time to create changes in pitch and frequency and mess with all of these other combinations of sound based on how well it fits in the equation of what else they have presented. 











What I’ve learned is that mathematics, art, and science is so intertwined despite of what we think. It’s strange to think how artists are typically undervalued and seen as less than while scientists and mathematicians are seen as uncreative and very monotonic. There is math in everything, even though it might not be obvious, and in science, it is imperative for progress in research and our knowledge. 


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Vesna, Victoria. Week 2 lecture video 2. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=mMmq5B1LKDg

Abott, Edwinn A. (1884). Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions. New York: Dover Thrift   

Glydon, Natasha. (2006). Math Beyond School. Retrieved from http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/beyond/articles/Art/art1.html


Burk, Philmore, Polanksy, Larry, Repetto, Douglas, Roberts, Mary & ROckmore, Dan. (2011). A theoretical and historical approch. Music and Computers. Retrieved from: http://sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/chapter1/01_01.php


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