Mathematics and art
Body proportions in art
While there is significant variation in anatomical proportions between people, there are many references to body proportions that are intended…
Zellige
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…
Girih tiles
Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork…
Girih
Girih (Persian: گره, "knot") is a decorative Islamic geometric artform used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines…
Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome…
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture is the type of Indo-Islamic architecture developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout…
Mathematical Sculpture
There is a relationship between Mathematics and all the Arts. Mathematical Sculpture makes use of concepts relative to many mathematical…
String Art
String art, or pin and thread art, is characterized by an arrangement of colored thread strung between points to form…
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.…
Music and mathematics
Music theory has no axiomatic foundation in modern mathematics, yet the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (in…
Islamic geometric patterns
Islamic decoration, which tends to avoid using figurative images, makes frequent use of geometric patterns which have developed over the…
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…
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point…