In this weeks topic of the relationship with mathematics and art it made me really step back and think about how much math influences our everyday lives. Listening to lecture this week help me put in perspective of the art advancements are solely due to the understanding of mathematics.
Without a general understanding of basic geometry, art wouldn’t be where it is today. The concept of perspective I found particularly interesting that it wasn’t always known in the art world. Brunelleschi, credited in the west for his additions to perspective and vanishing point where all parallel lines in a plane converge changed the world of art. These colliding worlds were the essentials to beautiful art. Leonardo Da Vinci was the master at colliding these two worlds and proved that artists and mathmaticians can learn from each other. Da Vinci was someone who did it all in the realms of art and math. He was an expert in both which helped him become arguably the best artist of all time with his works, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and Vitruvian Man which showed his understanding and mastery of both worlds. 
The article that I found very interesting and helped me understand how influential each world of math and art can be was in the mathematical origami article. It’s an easy way to see really how math influences the art world. Origami is all about the right proportions and uses the golden ratio in many ways. The Golden ratio says that the shorter part is to the longer part as the longer part is to the whole, a very well known math rule. I personally have to use it in my math class that I’m taking now quite often, which is why the Golden ratio stood out to me because although I’m not in the art world, we use the same concepts to do different things which is when it really clicked with me how much one influences the other.
"Brunelleschi." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
"Golden Ratio." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
"Leonardo Da Vinci." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
"Origami Mathematics." Origami Mathematics. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Vesna, Victoria. “Mathematics-pt1-ZeroPerspectiveGoldenMean.mov.” 12 Apr. 2015. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmq5B1LKDg&feature=player_embedded>
Although the golden ratio is very interesting, I though the theory may be vulnerable to confirmation bias. Its easier to find a pattern when you are looking to find one. However, since you have been applying the golden ratio concept its obviously very practical. Can you give me some examples of how you have applied the ratio in your classes.
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