Mathematics and art are generally viewed as very different. But a trip through history – from an Islamic palace to Pollock’s paintings – proves the parallels between the two can be uncanny.… ...

To Create His Geometric Artwork, M.C. Escher Had to Learn Math the Hard Way “It’s rather an amazing story that he did this all on his own,” a mathematician tells us. By Kat Friedrich Updated ...

Mathematics graduate student Riley Thornton recently delivered a talk entitled “Applications of Geometry to Art Criticism,” in which he focused primarily on the “impossible constructions ...

Moderated by Providence artist Allison Paschke and Professor of Mathematics Richard Schwartz, the Math + Art panel highlighted the intersection and importance of experimentation in the two subjects.

A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. Researchers in the US have found 15th Century examples ...

John Edmark makes his artwork with geometric formulas. Over his career he's studied math, architecture, computer science, art, and animation, and he uses all of them in his work.

Rockburne is an abstract artist who bases her work on mathematical facts and geometric proportions. As a student at Black Mountain College near Asheville, North Carolina, she undertook morning walks ...