Can all of art be based on math?
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Can all of art be based on math?
From my book titled Before Sudoku: The World of Magic Squares by Seymour Block and Santiago Tavares, it mentions Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, a composer and conductor who makes use of magic squares in his work. Also mentioned are composers Bruno Madera, Marcelle Manziarly and David Byers. Then there's Indian music with commentary from Jonathan Dimond (pages 159 to 167).
From my book titled The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey Through Everyday Life by Marcus Du Sautoy, it says that a painter, Jackson Pollock, used fractal math in his work. It also says that psychologists claim that fractals are most pleasing when the dimensions are between 1.3 and 1.5 (which is frequently found in nature). You can find this discussed on pages 89 to 91.
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Re: Can all of art be based on math?
But I don't think all art can be maths because not all art is beautiful. Some art is meant to be distressing or ugly.
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Re: Can all of art be based on math?
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Re: Can all of art be based on math?
You can ask all of the artists from my OP that question.Theophane wrote:I don't think so, because art can be appreciated by someone with no knowledge of mathematics. Why does art need to be connected to mathematics?
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