Mathematics and art have been integrated to create amazing things everywhere for thousands of years. The vast originality, persistence and precision it takes is jaw-dropping.
It inspires awe to browse a showcase of mathematical artists and examples from past and present. From ancient religious decor, to sculptural topology, origami, to modern computer-generated landscapes, tesselations, fractals, fractal pancakes and anamorphic art. Check out these artists at: American Mathematical Society Art Images.
Bring it home with new ways to learn this summer with kids — from drawings to fractal pancakes — take a look at 10 Minute Math. Or dream of what is possible by viewing the most recent entries 2015 Mathematical Art Exhibition. See how a formula can create a pattern with the Schmidt Arrangement explanation and drawing.
More Resources from AMS Galleries and Museums
- Art & Music, MathArchives
- Geometry in Art & Architecture, by Paul Calter (Dartmouth College)
- Harmony and Proportion, by John Boyd-Brent
- International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture
- Journal of Mathematics and the Arts
- Mathematics and Art, the April 2003 Feature Column by Joe Malkevitch
- Maths and Art: the whistlestop tour, by Lewis Dartnell
- Mathematics and Art, (The theme for Mathematics Awareness Month in 2003)
- MoSAIC – Mathematics of Science, Art, Industry, Culture
- Viewpoints: Mathematics and Art, by Annalisa Crannell (Franklin & Marshall College) and Marc Frantz (Indiana University)
- Visual Insight, blog by John Baez
- Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science
- Images and Mathematics, MathArchives
- Mathematical calendar with phase plots of complex functions
- Mathematical Art Exhibit at University of Richmond
- Mathematical Imagery by Jos Leys
- Mathematics Museum (Japan)
- M.C. Escher: the Official Website
- The Institute for Figuring
- The KnotPlot Site
- Visual Mathematics Journal