Monthly Archives: April 2009

A Memorial

Posted on April 19, 2009 by mathn2art

  In the Texas panhandle near the town of Hereford is an even smaller town called Earth. It was between these towns,  that a cemetery lies, like a tiny island of shrubs, trees and stones in an otherwise empty sea … Continue reading →

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Math, Beauty, and the Renaissance Artist

Posted on April 11, 2009 by mathn2art

  Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), Florentine architect, one of the initiators of the Italian Renaissance. His revival of classical forms and his championing of an architecture based on mathematics, proportion, and perspective make him a key artistic figure in the transition … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Land

Posted on April 11, 2009 by mathn2art

"In our study of natural objects we are approaching the thoughts of the creator, reading his conceptions, interpreting a system that is his and not ours."– Louis Agassiz, American biologist In May of 1804 Lewis and Clark set out on … Continue reading →

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