Ask Vallo Riberto and Kazmier Maslanka to explain what separates “mathematical visual poetry” from other text-based art movements and you’ll get any number of answers. Words like “algebraic” and ...

On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like ...

SymmetryWorks! is a major interdisciplinary multi-event project at Bowdoin based on the mathematical art of Frank Farris, a mathematician at Santa Clara University. The event begins Sept. 12. In his ...

From fireworks to woodburning to modeling fire behavior, Jenna Sjunneson McDanold’s love of fire has fueled her growth as an artist and a mathematician. As part of her studies as mathematical modeling ...

The cover of the journal Science for 22-Sep-06 features a beautiful artwork titled “Still Life: Five Glass Surfaces on a Tabletop” by graphic artist Luc Benard and mathematician Richard Palais, but ...

Frank A. Farris received funding from ICERM to cover travel to the "Illustrating Mathematics" workshop. Once upon a time, mathematicians imagined their job was to discover new mathematics and then let ...

Scientists explore the physics of how polarization-filtered colors emerge, how they can be controlled, and why subtle changes in viewing angle, sample orientation, and the order of layers of films ...

With declining U.S. student math scores, our schools would be wise to adopt a new formula that is sure to paint a prettier picture for the country’s STEM rankings. Combining math and art classes may ...