Math Project: Math in Art

Whabesz

by: Jann Manuel and Jeweleen Licup

Inspired by “The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off Kanagawa,” a woodblock painting by Hokusai, "whabesz" is our interpretation of the Fibonacci sequence and the cosine waves. We used coloring pencils, as we wanted our artwork to look minimalist. Overall, the project was quite exciting to do, as this was the first time we incorporated math with art thus it was somewhat fun and different. We never would have thought that math and art could be fused together but looking back, we could see now how math can be related to everything such as beauty, science, sports, art etc.

The Princess

by Jamica DyJuanco

The gown shows the parabola and the clear details that express my passion for designing and my creativity in doing this art. Within the gown is the line of symmetry that shows how similar the two sides of the parabola should be. The line of symmetry is represented by the laces that run down the gown. The vertex is the rose on her waist which symbolizes the highest point of the downward parabola. I wanted this to be simple yet elegant with the colors bringing the princess come to life by painting because it brings an effect.

Rainbow Roses

by John Edward Dy and Uma Jagwani

In this painting, the mathematical concept that was used was the Fibonacci sequence. The theory is primarily a sequence of numbers where a number is the sum of the two previous numbers. With this, the subject that was chosen to symbolize the Fibonacci sequence was a rose. A rose in itself is a representation of the Fibonacci sequence, with the arrangement of the petals following the pattern. Furthermore in our art work, the fourteen roses are arranged in another Fibonacci sequence. Moreover, a recent popular trend is rainbow roses. It is said that this is made possible because of the Fibonacci sequence. The process is to cut the stem of a rose vertically four times and place each piece of stem in different colored water. To enhance the concept, the roses are painted in rainbow colors.

To know the details of the project, read: Day 82 Math in Art.