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Group 3: Art and Mathematics Flashcards

1
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Human activities that involve producing visual, auditory, or performed artworks.

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ART

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Expression, passion, and aesthetic

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ART

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Branch of Science that examines the logic of form and uses of numbers and symbols

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MATHEMATICS

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Reasoning

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MATHEMATICS

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Known for designing aesthetic human sculptures with ideal proportions and balance.

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Canon ‘rule’ of Polykleitos

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Suggests the shoulders and hips of sculptures are positioned in a way that counterbalances tension and relaxation known as the chiastic balance.

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Canon ‘rule’ of Polykleitos

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Positioned in a way that counterbalances tension and relaxation known

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Chiastic balance.

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Period of artistic ‘rebirth’

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Renaissance

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Period that recognize the close
relationship between
math and art

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Renaissance

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Importance of Math in Art

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-Can be applied in various ways
-Allows to express beauty
-Art motivated by beauty
-Express and comprehend ideas
-Explain angles and perspectives

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9
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“Without Mathematics, there’s no art.” by _______

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Luca Pacioli

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A “Renaissance Man”

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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A book of Luca Pacioli, which includes the sketches of polyhedra of Leonardo da Vinci

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De Divina Proportione

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“Nature’s great mystery” or “Universal law in all forms of nature”

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Golden Ratio

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Creates the idea of pattern, which is an important aspect of art and math.

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Golden Ratio

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A special number that
frequently appears in geometry, fine art, and architecture.

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Golden Ration or Divine Proportion

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Approximate Value of Golden Ration or Divine Proportion

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1.618

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“Perspective is nothing else than the vision of a scene behind a flat and clear glass on which we mark all objects that are on the other side: they can be connected by pyramids to the center of the eye and these pyramids are intercepted by the glass.” by _____________

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Mathematical system for creating the illusion of space
and distance on a flat surface

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Linear Perspective

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To use linear perspective an artist must first imagine the picture surface as an “__________” through which to see the painted
world.

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Open window

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Line that runs across the canvas at the eye level of the viewer. It is where the sky appears to meet the ground.

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Horizontal Line

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The vanishing point should be located near _____________.

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The center of the horizon line

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Point where all parallel
lines (orthogonals) that run towards the horizon line appear to come together like train tracks in the distance.

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Vanishing Point

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“Visual rays” helping the viewer’s eye to connect points around the edges of the canvas to the vanishing point. An artist uses them to align the edges of walls and paving stones

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Orthogonal lines

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22
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Uses one or more geometric shapes to elicit a visual response from the viewer. The
artwork is futuristic, abstract, and colorful, showing different
arrangements of shapes.

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Geometric art or abstract

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22
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4 Artistic movements

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-Concrete Art
-Suprematism,
-Minimalism, and
-Futurism

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Made by combining lines,
triangles, squares, and circles.

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Geometric Shapes

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Type of art that uses straightforward geometric forms that are vivid, colorful, and intended to evoke a range of emotions.

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Geometric abstraction

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A three-dimensional object that is made up of a limited number of polygons. It simply means that it displays a solid interior and exterior.

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Polyhedron or Polyhedra (plural)

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26
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Illustration created by Da Vinci
in Pacioli’s manuscript “De Divina Proportione,”
which is now housed in the ?

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Vatican library

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Piero’s drawing from his manuscript that bears an exact resemblance in illustration created by Da Vinci in Pacioli’s manuscript “De Divina Proportione,”

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Libellus De Quinque
Corporibus Regularibus

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28
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How many geometric forms Da Vinci illustrate ?

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Sixty (60)

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Separates an object into two parts that are exactly the same.

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Line of symmetry

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30
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The Vitruvian Man was created by _________,

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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The Vitruvuan Man was based on the work of ________, in what year?

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-Vitruvius
-1487

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“It’s a study of the ideal proportion of the human form”

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Vitruvian Man

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Vitruvian Man originally referred to as “Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio.” (Italian) This literally translates to

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“The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius.”

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Vitruvian Man Notes is stored in the ____________ and is displayed only occasionally.

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Gallerie Dell’ Accademia in Venice, Italy

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35
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It represents a perfect man and realism.

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Vitruvian Man

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A Russian painter and art theorist. He believed that art could convey emotions and ideas through non representational forms and colors.

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Wassily Kandinsky

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37
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Kandinsky experienced a condition known as _________ where he perceived colors and shapes when hearing music.

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“synesthesia”

38
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Several influential books of Wassily Kandinsky, in which he articulated his ideas about the relationship between art,
spirituality, and mathematics

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“Concerning the Spiritual in Art” (1910) and “Point and Line to Plane” (1926)

39
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A theory in which Kandinsky explored the psychology of colors and how color and form work together to convey emotion and meaning.

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The Spiritual in Art

40
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Kandinsky colour theory centered around two related
contrasts:

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Warm versus cool and light versus dark

41
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He believed that yellow tones move towards the viewer, expanding and leading outward from the canvas, whereas
blue moves away from the viewer, receding and shrinking into the picture.

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Wassily Kandinsky

42
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Kandinsky broke down the components of visual art into
three fundamental elements:

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point, line, and plane.

43
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Seen as the most minimal, atomic element of visual expression.

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Point

44
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According to Kandinsky, had the potential to express movement and direction. They could be
straight or curved, and their arrangement and trajectory conveyed different emotional qualities.

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Lines

45
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Were the largest visual elements, representing fields of color or space.

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Plane

46
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The interaction between planes created

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spatial relationships and added
depth and dimension to an artwork.

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Famous Artworks of Wassily Kandinsky

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“Composition VII” (1913)
“Yellow-Red-Blue” (1925)

48
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This iconic painting is a prime example of Kandinsky’s use of geometric shapes, including circles, triangles, and spirals, to create a visually and emotionally engaging composition.

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“Composition VII” (1913)

49
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In this painting, Kandinsky employed primary colors
and geometric forms, such as squares and rectangles, in a meticulously balanced
composition

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“Yellow-Red-Blue” (1925)

50
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The study of how different colors affect human mood and behavior.

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Psychology of Colors

51
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Very important tool used by
artists and interior decorators, especially in marketing that is used in many industries.

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Color psychology

52
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Two Categories of Color

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Warm and Cool

53
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Colors in the red area of the color spectrum are known
as

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Warm Colors

54
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Warm colors which include

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Red, orange, and yellow.

55
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These colors evoke emotions ranging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings of anger and
hostility.

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Warm colors

56
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Colors on the blue side of the spectrum are known as

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Cool Colors

57
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Cool colors which include

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Blue, purple, and green.

58
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These colors are often described as calm, but can also
call to mind feelings of sadness or indifference.

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Cool Colors

59
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Color: Associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire,
and love.

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Red

60
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Color: It attracts attention more than any other color,
at times signifying danger.

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Red

61
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Color: Enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.

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Red

62
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Color: The brightest color of the spectrum.

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Yellow

63
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Color: Associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and
energy.

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Yellow

64
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Color: Produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness,
stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle
energy.

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Yellow

65
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Color: Bright, attention-getter.

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Yellow

66
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Color: It is a non-aggressive color.

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Blue

67
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Color: Associated with open spaces, freedom, intuition,
imagination, inspiration, and sensitivity.

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Blue

68
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Color: Associated with feelings of sadness.

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Blue

69
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Color: Least appetizing

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Blue

70
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Color: frequently used for social media logos. One reason for that it represents dependability and trust.

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Blue

71
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A Dutch painter and one
of the pioneers of abstract art.

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Piet Mondrian

72
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He believed that the harmony and order found in mathematical principles could be applied to art to create a sense of balance and clarity.

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Piet Mondrian

73
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He was a key figure in the De Stijl art movement also
known as Neoplasticism.

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Piet Mondrian

74
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De Stijl art movement also
known as

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Neoplasticism.

75
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De Stijl simply means

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“the style”

76
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Neoplasticism means

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“new art”

77
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Famous Works of Piet Mondrian

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Composition with Red Blue and Yellow

78
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A famous Dutch painter who made some art works that was inspired by mathematics.

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M. C. Escher also known as Maurits Cornelis Escher

79
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Escher’s works features a lot because of the

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impossible objects, reflection, exploration, and such as

80
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He interacted with some mathematicians to get knowledge and conduct about his tesellation pattern.

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Maurits Cornelis Escher

81
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Group of shapes that are drawn by a continuous
pattern or an infinite plane.

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Tessellations

82
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Tesselation Artworks of M. C. Escher

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Development I; woodcut, 1937
Cycle; lithograph, 1938

83
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Famous Artworks of M. C. Escher

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Drawing Hands (1948)
Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)

84
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A famous litograph artworks. Escher’s interior studio in Rome that is reflected that he hold by his hand.

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Hand with Reflecting Sphere

85
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One of the most popular artwork of M.C Escher, it was
the first litograph printed artworks on the month of January. This image illustrates a piece of paper with wrists of a human.

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Drawing Hands

86
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Other Artworks of M. C. Escher

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Relativity (1953)
Waterfall (1961)
Sky and Water (1938)

87
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His paintings frequently have numerous characters grouped in intricate compositions that evoke a feeling of drama and movement.

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Tomasso Laureti

88
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His art prints provide a window into the rich tradition of Italian Renaissance painting

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Tomasso Laureti

89
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Tomasso Laureti art prints provide a window into the rich tradition of

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Italian Renaissance painting

90
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Famous Artwork of Tomasso Laureti which depicts Christ on the Cross gazing down at it. Its placement suggests that Constantine played a significant role in the victory it symbolizes, and three of the enormous murals on the walls below illustrate the Church’s assessment of Constantine’s primary contributions.

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Triumph of Christianity, from the Raphael Room (1585)

91
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Artworks of Tomasso Laureti

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-Bóveda de la Estancia de
Constantino, Triunfo de la
Religión Cirstiana (1582)
- Horatius Cocles on the
Sublician Bridge (1530-1602)

92
Q

Mathematics serves as the foundation of every design
and offers the tools and techniques required to do their job.

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Engineering

93
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Use of shapes, lines, colors, and forms to create an art.

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Abstraction

94
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Concentrates mainly on ideas and purposes

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Minimalism and Conceptualism

95
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“Math art has the ability to connect people to math in ways they hadn’t expected.”

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John Sims

96
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Mathematics in Contemporary Art

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-Sol Le Witt’s “Square No. 4” (2004)
-Seeing Pi by John Sim
-Yakan Seputangan headscarf by Evelynda Otong and Tuwas
Yakan Weavers, 2019

97
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Other Artworks of Piet Mondrian

A

Broadway Boogie Woogie (1943)
Composition A (1923)
Tableau 1 (1921)

98
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Other artworks of Wassily Kandinsky

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Composition X (1939)
Moscow 1 (1916)
The Blue Rider (1903)

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