Maths Coursework ... and Art?

For my maths coursework i have chosen to use art as my other subject, so Miss K and I have decided for me to a project investigating the relationship between the Golden Ratio and how aesthetically pleasing pictures are.

Having done some research into the Golden Ration i discovered many famous paintings have the ratio involved somehow, but also that lots of shapes in nature include the golden ratio. Right now i am just doing background research into the topic, however here are a few pictures that include the golden ratio -

Georges Pierre Seurat

Salvador Dali

Piet Mondrian

Leonardo da Vinci

Stephan Lochner

Of course there are many other painters that use the golden ration, these are only a few, however i will also be investigating the ratio in architecture (buildings like the Parthenon and The Acropolis, also Benedictine Monasteries) and also in nature (for example the shapes of shells.)

I will keep updating this post with information as i find more and more, and also the results after i have collected the data for my coursework.

Work the Hat. Part 1 - Isola Farnese.

My funkalicious ideas for the new project.

Time, Texture and Pattern

Here are a few of the photos I have selected from the recent work -

Hello World!

Jess and Katie would like like to announce the birth of their babies

1) kbartblogstgeorge

and also its new baby sister

2) jmartblogstgeorge

We are very proud and wish them lots of luck as they grow into BIG happy blogs.

YAY!