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Where Art Meets Math

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but viewers don’t need a background in math to appreciate the completed pieces. Other mathematical works and figures from across the Smithsonian are in the mix. 


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Sun Mathematics

A painting with different sized squares layered on top of each other in orange and red tones

Homage to the Square: Glow

Mathematics and Music (chickadee on tree branch)

Two Triangles Dihedral

Homage to the Square: Arrived

Homage to the Square: Golden Gate

Homage to the Square: Elected II

Study for "Homage to the Square: Nacre"

Homage to the Square: Tuscany

Triangle

Triangles

Homage to the Square: Midday

Homage to the Square: Yellow and Ochre

Homage to the Square: Blue Reminding

Small Triangles

Homage to the Square: Arctic Bloom

Golden Gate, Homage to the Square, Soft Edge – Hard Edge

Mathematics and Art (Northern Renaissance landscape, man walking over bridge)

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