Mathematics and art

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Camera obscura

A camera obscura is a dark room with a hole in the wall that is used as a metaphor for…

4 years ago

Body proportions in art

While there is significant variation in anatomical proportions between people, there are many references to body proportions that are intended…

4 years ago

Zellige

Zellige (Arabic: الزليج‎; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…

6 years ago

Girih tiles

Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork…

6 years ago

Girih

Girih (Persian: گره‎, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…

6 years ago

Geodesic dome

A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome…

6 years ago

Mughal architecture

Mughal architecture is the type of Indo-Islamic architecture developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout…

6 years ago

Mathematical Sculpture

There is a relationship between Mathematics and all the Arts. Mathematical Sculpture makes use of concepts relative to many mathematical…

6 years ago

String Art

String art, or pin and thread art, is characterized by an arrangement of colored thread strung between points to form…

6 years ago

Mathematics and fiber arts

Ideas from Mathematics have been used as inspiration for fiber arts including quilt making, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery and weaving.…

6 years ago

Origami

Origami is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word "origami"…

6 years ago

Music and mathematics

Music theory has no axiomatic foundation in modern mathematics, yet the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (in…

6 years ago

Islamic geometric patterns

Islamic decoration, which tends to avoid using figurative images, makes frequent use of geometric patterns which have developed over the…

6 years ago

Fourth dimension in art

New possibilities opened up by the concept of four-dimensional space (and difficulties involved in trying to visualize it) helped inspire…

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Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point…

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