Course Details

This course will explore the role of mathematics in art: the way mathematics appears in art, some branches of mathematics that have inspired or informed artists, and the use of mathematical tools to analyze art. The artists discussed will include Durer, Picasso, Mondrian, Pollock, and Dali. There will be a discussion of magic squares and a description of a mathematical walk from Foggy Bottom to the Smithsonian Mall, musing about the mathematical aspects of various art and artifacts along the way. This study group has a high class size capacity.