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Week 2: Math & Art

     Although art was not originally mathematical, coding for instance is seen as art and a language. To code is creating something out of nothing, one must type code and in order to produce software which can move working parts such as a television. Art can be described as a bunch of geometric shapes such as circles, triangles and squares. As Henderson describes in his article the meaning behind geometric shapes with artists, using mathematical geometry to design 2 and 3 dimensional spaces. As Nathan Selikoff’s 4th dimension photo shows you, mathematicals creates movable art in the form of light.

I use photoshop all the time to create promotions for my business so digital art is a major use of mine and all businesses with marketing. The father of computer art Charles Csuri, on the other hand, generates magnificent pieces using computer technology.

Scuri, Charles. "Beyond Boundaries" 1963. Sourced from: https://www.charlescsuri.com/exclusive

This incredible space allows artists to generate art using just zeros and ones. As Abott explains in his article that artwork such as a painting cannot have no lines or corners, which  is pure mathematical and geometrical.

Smithers, Brians. "Four Dimensions" Nathan Sellikoff 2012. Sourced                                                                        from: https://nathanselikoff.com/works/four-dimensions


Frantz, Marc. "Vanishing Points" 2000. Sourced from: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cap6938-                                02/refs/VanishingPoints.pdf

There are many things that I have learned throughout this week's readings and videos. One of which is that all art has mathematics in it. Old paintings still had geometrical shapes and curves and angles which can be traced back to mathematics.

    Even artwork is purely mathematical as juxtaposition can be explained by mathematics. Juxtaposition of symbols is adjacency where there is no telling explicit operating factor. Things that seem bigger because they are side by side when in reality they are the same size depending on the viewpoint.


References

Abott, Edwin. "Flatland" 1884. Sourced from: http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/eaa/FL.HTM

Frantz, Marc. "Vanishing Points" 2000. Sourced from: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cap6938-                                02/refs/VanishingPoints.pdf

 Smithers, Brians. "Four Dimensions" Nathan Sellikoff 2012. Sourced                                                                        from: https://nathanselikoff.com/works/four-dimensions

Scuri, Charles. "Beyond Boundaries" 1963. Sourced from: https://www.charlescsuri.com/exclusive

Weber. "Juxtaposition" 2022 Weber Dictionary. Sourced from: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juxtaposition

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