Syllabus for Math 122: Math in Art
Spring, 2017
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This syllabus is subject to change! | |||||
Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||
1/23 | 1/25 | Welcome to Math in Art | 1/27 | What is a System of Prop | |
Review Ratio and Proport | Who uses a System of | ||||
Proportion and Why? | |||||
Examples | |||||
1/30 | The Sacred Cut | 2/1 | The Sacred Cut, continue | 2/3 | How Close is Close Enou |
Example: Garden Houses | Example: Garden Houses | ||||
Ostia | PS 1 (individual) due | ||||
PS 0 (individual) due | |||||
2/6 | Applying Standards | 2/8 | Acceptance Ranges | 2/10 | Common Beliefs: Golden |
Error Ranges | Example: Garden Houses | The Mean and Extreme R | |||
PS 2 (group) due | From Euclid to the Golde | ||||
2/13 | From Euclid to the Golde | 2/15 | Q & A for Exam 1 | 2/17 | Pi and Phi in the Great P |
Golden Ratio in the Ancie | Exam 1 (6-8pm, Mars SC | Project 1 due | |||
Covers thru PS 3 | |||||
Complete PS 3 by classti | |||||
PS 3 will not be collected | |||||
2/20 | Pi an Phi in the Great Pyr | 2/22 | Gnomons | 2/24 | From Gnomons to |
Similar Figures | Ancient Questions About | the Golden Rectangle; th | |||
Gnomons | Golden Rectnangle in Art | ||||
PS 4 (individual) due | |||||
2/27 | Gnomonic Growth | 3/1 | Fibonacci numbers | 3/3 | Perspective Activity: |
Intro to Fibonacci Numbe | Their Connection to Phi | Taping Windows | |||
History of Perspective | Project 2 due | ||||
PS 5 (group) due | |||||
3/6 | Intro to 3 Dimensional sp | 3/8 | Plotting in 3D | 3/10 | Optical Ideas Behind |
Plotting in 3D | Distance in 3D | Perspective | |||
PS 6 (individual) due | Perspective; Connecting | ||||
Perspective to 3d Plottin | |||||
Project 3 due | |||||
3/13 | 3/15 | Spring Break | 3/17 | ||
3/20 | Review: Perspective The | 3/22 | Q & A for Exam 2 | 3/24 | More on converting 3D to |
Practice: Using Theorem | Exam 2 (6-8pm, Mars SC | Perspective: Observation | |||
Convert 3D points to 2D, | Covers thru PS 7 | Conclusions | |||
then use 2D to draw | Complete PS 7 by classti | Vanishing Points | |||
Perspective Image | PS 7 will not be collected | ||||
3/27 | y. | 3/29 | The Vanishing Point The | 3/31 | Finding the Ideal Viewing |
PS 8 (group) due | Position | ||||
Project 4 due | |||||
4/3 | Rules on Perspective | 4/5 | Duplicating Rectangles i | 4/7 | Anamorphic Art |
Subdividing and Duplicat | Perspective. Developing | Project 5 due | |||
Rectangles in Perspectiv | Perspective Techniques | ||||
PS 9 (individual) due | |||||
4/10 | Intro to Fractals Symmetr | 4/12 | Chaos Game; More on | 4/14 | Intro to Mandelbrot Set |
Scale; Koch Snowflake; | Sierpinski Gasket | and Complex Numbers | |||
Gasket; Recursion | PS 10 (groupl) due | Projects 6, 7 due | |||
4/17 | Mandelbrot Set | 4/19 | Q & A for Exam 3 | 4/21 | Examples of Fractals in |
Exam 3 (6-8pm, Mars SC | & in Art. | ||||
Covers thru PS 11 | Brief History of the Popul | ||||
Complete PS 11 by classt | of the 4th Dimension | ||||
PS 11 will not be collecte | |||||
4/24 | What is Flatland? | 4/26 | Patterns in 0D, 1D, 2D an | 4/28 | Visualizing the Hypercub |
Thinking about 4 Dimensi | "Cubes" in 0, 1, 2, 3, & 4D | ||||
PS 12 (individuall) due | Projects 8, 9,10 due | ||||
5/1 | The 4th Dimension in Art | 5/3 | More on Non-Euclidean | 5/5 | Non-Euclidean Geometry |
Quick Overview of Non- | Geometry | Evaluations | |||
Euclidean Geometry | PS 13 (group) due | ||||
Projects 11, 12 and 13 du | |||||
The final will be Friday, May 12, from 9am-12pm. |