Posts

MATHS AND ART

Image
Mathematics and art  are related in a variety of ways.  Mathematics  has itself been described as an  art   motivated by beauty . Mathematics can be discerned in arts such as music, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, and textiles.  Mathematics and art have a long historical relationship.  Artists have used mathematics  since the 4th century BC when Greek sculptor polykleitos wrote his canon , prescribing proportions  conjectured to have been based  on the ratio 1: √2  for the ideal male nude. Persistent popular claims have been made for the use of the  golden ratio  in ancient art and architecture, without reliable evidence. In the Italian  Renaissance ,  Luca Pacioli  wrote the influential treatise  De divina proportione  (1509), illustrated with woodcuts by  Leonardo da Vinci , on the use of the golden ratio in art. Another Italian painter,  Piero della Fr...
Read more

polygon

Image
In  geometry , a  polygon  ( / ˈ p ɒ l ɪ ɡ ɒ n / ) is a  plane   figure  that is described by a finite number of straight  line segments  connected to form a closed  polygonal chain  (or  polygonal circuit ). The bounded plane  region , the bounding circuit, or the two together, may be called a polygon https://youtu.be/L2frjvaqW5M
Read more