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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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Painting -Construction of Heptagon

Sun Mathematics

Homage to the Square--White Line-Black

Painting - Archimedes Transversal

Painting - Doubled Cube (Newton)

Painting - Aligned Triangles (Desargues)

Painting - Euclidian Values of a Squared Circle

Painting - Construction of a Heptagon

Painting - Construction of Heptagon

Painting - Construction of the Heptagon

Painting - Equal Triangles

Painting - Square Root of Pi

Painting - Heptagon 1:3:3 Triangle

Painting - Area and Perimeter of a Squared Circle

Painting -Approximation of Pi to .0001

Painting - Heptagon Stated By Seven Toothpicks (Between Parallels)

Painting - Heptagon from Its Seven Sides

Painting - Division of the Square by Conic Rectangles

Two Triangles Dihedral

Painting - Golden Rectangle

Homage to the Square--Patina

Painting - Law of Motion (Galileo)

Painting - Rotated Triangle and Reflections

Painting - Nine-Point Circle

Painting - Squares of 2, 4, 16 from Square Root of x

Painting - Equal Areas, Their Triangular Square Root and Pi

Painting - Square Root Of Pi - 0.00001

Painting - Squared Rectangle and Euler Line

Painting - Velocities and Right Triangles (Galileo)

Homage to the Square--Full

Homage to the Square--White Line-Purple

Painting - Squares of 1, 2, 3, 4 and Square Roots to 8

Painting - Square Root of Pi

Painting - Star Construction

Painting - Heptagon from Ten Equal Lines


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