1. Useful sites in Maths and Art

 

Wolfram.com the world’s most extensive web resource marvellous graphics

The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture- An extensive directory of links to very many math and art websites

History of mathematics definitive history site of the University of St. Andrews

mcescher.com The official web site for Escher. It features many of his prints and most of his 136 symmetry drawings. In addition, the "Downloads" section contains digital video mpeg files that are virtual "fly-throughs" of three prints: "Belvedere", "Waterfall", and "Ascending and Descending".

Escher resource large list of Escherland web sites

Hop's Escher Tiles imaginative tile generation

Golden Number.net excellent site on the divine proportion (golden mean) of theGreeks- used by le Corbusier at the Bauhaus in the 1930's

www.faust.fr.bw.schule.de /mhb download plaiting for polyhedra, Fibonacci

Fibonacci from Ned May at Moonstar MCS- Surrey

Fibonacci patterns MCS- Surrey

History topic- Fibonacci from Gap.dcs.st

George Hart's math sculpture Outstading site features the work of George W. Hart, a computer scientist and award winning, sculptor of constructive geometric forms, who deals with patterns and relationships derived from classical ideals of balance and symmetry. The site has articles written by Hart and interviews with him.

Jan Abas Bangor Computer-generated advanced Islamic Art by Jan Abas

Gallery of Interactive Geometry dynamic site University Minnesota

Drawing Riemann Surfaces - studying Riemann Surfaces with symmetry

The Fractal Microscope -explore the Mandelbrot set- Illinois

M@ths- Fractals! lesson plans to explore fractals

The Cheshire Cat AliceKelley's art gallery

The Secret life of Snowflakes explanation of the true structure of snowflakes

Math art gallery pictures from higher mathematics

Bridges links between Maths Art and Science

Dartmouth art and architecture- The web site of a survey course on mathematics in art and architecture by Paul Calter at Dartmouth College.

Singapore- The web site on a course on Mathematics in Art by Helmer Askalan at the National University of Singapore.

Helaman Ferguson- This site features mathematically inspired sculptures by the award winning artist Helaman Ferguson.

Charles Perry-This site features mathematically inspired sculptures, puzzles and jewelry by the award winning artist Charles 0. Perry.

Jill Britton- This is Jill Britton's spectacular web site on Symmetry and Tessellations with numerous activities and links to many other sites on related topics. A wonderful web site for K- 12 teachers and students.

Mathacademy- An excellent site on Escher's work and related math.

Perspective drawing- This web site provides a discussion on the use of mathematics to create precise perspective drawings.

Origami 1 and

Origami 2- These sites provides information on the mathematics of paper folding.

Design a QuiltThis site allows users to design a poster or quilt.

Design a Poster- The first site listed shows how mathematics can be used to make a poster. The second site has posters made by students.

Bridges conferences- The web site of BRIDGES, an annual international conference of mathematical connections in art, music, and science.

Nat Friedman- This site created by Nat Friedman explores the relationship between mathematics and sculptures.

"Mathematica" mandalas-This site has images created by using “Mathematica”.

Leiden Eschersite- A web site (even with animation) on the mathematical completion of Escher's print "Print Gallery" by a team at the University of Leiden.

John Boyd-Brent- A web site about harmony and proportion by John Boyd-Brent, (Royal College of Art).

Illusionworks- web site. Al Seckel & others site with many illustrations of different kinds of illusions. (Click on “Hall of Illusions”, also from there, click on “Art Gallery”)

Golden Museum- A proposal for a museum of Harmony and Golden Section as well as other material.

Maths and Art- This is a web site on a course in Mathematics and Art by Marc Franz.

Viewpoints- Indiana- VIEWPOINTS is a series of workshops for college and high school instructors on the connections between Mathematics and Art, and the power of those connections to add interest and excitement to the presentation of either subject.

Tripod.com-This site features several art pieces that illustrate the concept of symmetry.

Slavik Jablan- This site has interesting fractal-like designs by Slavik Jablan.

John Robinson- This site features sculptures by John Robinson inspired by mathematical shapes.

Zarko Mijjajlovich- This site has surreal three dimensional mathematical sculptures by Zarko Mijajlovich.

Bob Brill- This site features the art of Bob Brill. Brill uses the programming language E which is designed for making visual images by means of numerical algorithms. Brill's software is controlled interactively from the keyboard by making menu selections offered on the screen.

Clifford Singer- Artist Clifford Singer creates art works to represent and reflect geometries throughout time. Geometrical mechanics and constructions with colour form the fundamental components in the building process of his work.