Series: Leonardo Books | Publication Date: October 26, 1993
Scientific visualization, higher-dimensional geometries, 3D computer modeling, computer animation, and imaginary and virtual environments are just a few of the ground-breaking areas in which artists and mathematicians are exchanging ideas and working together. The Visual Mind introduces a new universe of mathematical images, forms, and shapes in media ranging from drawings to computer graphics, as well as discussion of the methods used to create these works.
These 35 chapters are by mathematicians concerned with the visual fruits of their computations and by visual artists concerned with the mathematical origins and inspirations of their works. They are divided into sections covering Geometry and Visualization; Computer Graphics; Geometry and Art; Symmetry; and Perspective Mathematics and Art. The chapters are tied together by introductions to each of these sections and are richly illustrated in color and black and white.
Michele Emmer is Professor of Mathematics at the Università ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy.
Michele Emmer, mathematician, writer, film maker, art curator, actor when 8 years old in my father film "Camilla" see photo;is full professor of mathematics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His area of interest: PDE and minimal surfaces, computer graphics, mathematics and arts, architecture, cinema, culture. Member of the board of the Journal "Leonardo: art, science and technology", MIT Press. Filmmaker, author of 20 films in the series "Art and Math", including "Escher" and "Flatland", broadcasted by the State Italian television and other television; distributed in many countries. Homage in several Film Festivals: Bellaria, Bergamo, Rome Animation, Torino Museo del cinema, La Villette, Paris. He organizes the annual conference on "Mathematics and Culture" at the University of Venice; editor of the series "Mathematics and Culture" by Springer verlag; the series "The Visual Mind" by MIT press; video series "Video math" by Springer verlag. Last books: "Bolle di sapone", Bollati Boringhieri, 2009, best Italian essay 2010; "Flatland with DVD", Bollati Boringhieri, 2008, music by Ennio Morricone; "Visibili armonie arte cinema teatro matematica", Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2006; "The Visual Mind 2", MIT Press, 2006; "Mathematics and Culture V", Springer verlag, 2006; a chapter in "Venise" , Flammarion, Paris, 2006, "matematica e cultura 2008", Springer, 2008, "Matematica e cultura 2010", Springer. He has been member of the Commission for the popularization of math of the European Math Society. He will organize at the MART a large exhibition on "Art and Math" in Italy from december 2012 and June 2013.
This review is from: The Visual Mind: Art and Mathematics (Leonardo Books) (Hardcover)
"The Visual Mind:Art and Mathematics"
I recommend this book. It is a historical overview of how artist have understood mathematics intuitively, through observation and education in order to create visual images.
The author is throrough and documents her research in a scholarly manner.
I recommend this book.
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