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Math and art were always two subjects I had seperated, but after taking an in-depth look in lecture, I have realized the correlation math and art have. Without certain math ideas like vanishing points and linear perspective, most art pieces wouldn’t seem very realistic.

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In this weeks lecture Math+Art, with Victoria Vesna, we are introduced to some of the larger ideas in math that have been a key in creating realistic art. Before Brunelleschi creating the proper formulation of perspective in art in 1413 that was originally created by Greeks and Romans, but lost during the middle ages. Later on another artist, Pierro De La Francesca, wrote a book dividing painting into three parts, drawing, proportion, and coloring. Each part had relative ideas that tied math into art and show how each pieces relatively is important to perspective, but proportion seemed to have the biggest relationship because of its use in geometry to help create realistic perspective. Leonardo Da Vinci also contributed to math and art with his idea of pyramidal lines, which are lines that start from different points and converge together and draw in at a single point, as we can see in The Last Supper where the image will draw your focus back to Jesus in the center.

Another type of art that is shaped through math is fractals; complex infinite designs that are made from geometric shapes that are self-similar and can be viewed at any scale and appear to still look similar to the previous view. This may be considered an art form that uses geometrical shapes, but it also proven with modern technology that fractals appear in nature. Fractals in nature are finite however, but still have multiple levels of pattern. 

After taking more of a look into the relationship of math, art and science I have learned how the three are supported by each other. Math has had a large part in shaping paintings by allowing there to be principles to help develop realistic paintings. Through fractals I found a correlation to science through design patterns that can occur in nature.

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Vesna, Victoria. "Math Art Lecture." Lecture. Online, Los Angeles. 8 Apr. 2016. Lecture.

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1423robin. "Best Fractals Zoom Ever." Youtube.com. 9 Oct. 2010. Web. 8 Apr. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTiZD7p_oTc>.