Author: Gamwell, Lynn ; Neil deGrasse Tyson
Title: Mathematics + Art : A Cultural History
Description: Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. B+w illustrated dustjacket with abstract inside front cover, black boards with lettering on spine. xviii, 1-556 pp. features many color and b+w illustrations. "This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration"--Publisher's website. As new .

Keywords: American Art ; Mathematics & Art ; ; General Art - American


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