Week 2: Math + Art

You might think that mathematics and arts are two opposite fields of practice. Little do we focus our attention to our surroundings and acknowledge how much of the world actually applies both of these domains. A simple example would be, any car ever made. Before companies actually have the approval to create a car, blueprints of these cars are planned with complex mathematical calculations. If cars followed a universal model and all cars would look the same. There would be no beauty in the creation of cars, which is why every vehicular company (BMW, Benz, Honda, etc.) all have a design crew.
Car blueprint of a Citroen DS with measurements. 

In Professor Vesna's video, she tackles the concept of the Vitruvian man and how it uses symmetry as a mode of finding beauty in art. As a psychology major, I have learned that as human beings we find symmetrical objects or people (more specifically faces) to be more attractive. Most things in the world are found to be symmetrical (cars, buildings, phones, origami) and maybe this is the reason we think that symmetry is a form of art. 
Mary Anne's Origami Butterfly

As I surfed through John Maeda's website and watched one of his TEDtalks about his personal life experience and journey with design, technology, and art. He really opened my eyes to the bigger picture and how the history of technology and art it has converged to share more similarities than ever. The juxtaposition between art, science, and mathematics is that we have advanced so much as a human race collectively that with one, comes the other. This means that in present day now, those three subjects are actually an extension of one another but they also hold they unique differences. 


John Maeda TEDtalk titled "How art, technology and design inform creative leaders"

References:
Amit, Ramesarv. “Download Most Loved HD Car Blueprints for 3D Modeling For Free.” CGfrog, 3 Oct. 2017, cgfrog.com/most-loved-car-blueprints-for-3d-modeling/.

CsuriVision, www.csurivision.com/.

Lang, Robert. "Huzita-Justin Axioms." Robert J. Lang Origami. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct 2013. <http://www.langorigami.com/science/math/hja/hja.php>

Maeda, John. “How Art, Technology and Design Inform Creative Leaders.” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders#t-982059.

Vesna, Victoria. "Math+Art." Unit 2. Web. 12 Oct 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmq5B1LKDg>

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 17, 2018 at 12:59 PM

    Hi Kevin,

    I really enjoyed reading your blog! Your example of how cars have an engineered and art aspect is spot on as it takes an engineer to build the car but an artists to come up with how the car looks, which is a key factor to sell the cars. I agree with the idea of symmetry playing an important role is defining what we consider to be art as the Vitruvian man is a perfect example of that. I also believe that art and math are related because when one field progresses, the other is not far behind.

    -Sameer Khan

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