Talk:Mathematics and art/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Contemporary examples

I have added links to my web pages on the eightfold cube and on a kaleidoscope puzzle. Criticism of my egocentricity will, I suppose, follow. Cullinane 23:24, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

... and I have removed them again. Nice web pages, but not really about the topic of the article. Maybe the first one could be relevant as an external link under PSL(2,7). Gandalf61 08:51, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Untitled

This article appears to be about the relationship between maths and art, but what is "Shuntest"? Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 16:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Merge proposal

I suggest that the contents of the shorter article Mathematics and art should be merged into this article, and then the whole article moved to Mathematics and art, as that title is a more likely search term, and is consistent with the titles of other articles such as Mathematics and architecture, Mathematics and fibre arts, Mathematics and music. Gandalf61 (talk) 15:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I have completed the merge. I will move the page back to Mathematics and art in a day or two if there are no objections. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:36, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was Move Parsecboy (talk) 12:34, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Following the merger of contents from Mathematics and art (see above), I have requested admin assistance to move this page back to Mathematics and art and replace it with a redirect. Gandalf61 (talk) 14:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Support Johnbod (talk) 15:03, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Mathematics and art/Archive 1/GA1

Why Anatoly Fomenko is not on the list?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Fomenko Many of his artistic works are heavely influenced by mathematics and to be more specific by topology. Here are some of his drawings: http://web.archive.org/web/20070712180803/anatoly-fomenko.com/art/main.php http://www.chronologia.org/art/01.html (explore the red links there)

I guess he is the one who definitely needs to be listed here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.58.133.178 (talk) 19:49, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Modern/computer art?

Hi, please see: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mathematics#Mathematical_art_.26_computer_generated_imagery. Ideas will be appreciated. History2007 (talk) 03:23, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Possible new section: Geometric Magic Squares

The following new text has been proposed. The key defect is the lack of any evidence of notability - citations are needed to show that this is sufficiently widely considered 'art' in reliable sources. Other defects like cross-referencing with 'above' and point-of-view advocacy / unencyclopedic language ("an extraordinary world of intricate patterns") are fixable, if and when. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:04, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

"A discovery of Lee Sallows in 2001 generalized the concept of the magic square by replacing numbers with geometrical shapes. The result is called a Geometric magic square. Traditional magic squares (such as that to be found in Albrecht Durer's engraving Melencolia I above) were then revealed as one dimensional geometrical magic squares. An exploration of 2D types has revealed an extraordinary world of intricate patterns formed of interwoven symmetries that are often fascinating to look at and to analyze."

Thematic sections, not by artist?

I'm wondering why we have sections by artist rather than by theme, given the thematic title. We now have a list of mathematical artists, so there is no call to list artists here. Some themes are already covered, such as fractal art; others are mentioned briefly under artists - perspective for instance, when they'd be better drawn out on their own, and the artists relegated to mentions in passing. Other themes such as maths in fibre arts are currently only mentioned unsatisfactorily in the See also list; these would be better discussed in sections of their own, with an illustration or two. I propose therefore to reorganise the article by theme. Inputs welcomed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:50, 24 June 2015 (UTC)