Projects for Math 122: Math in Art
     (Last modified: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 9:56 AM )

    • General Description of How Projects Fit Into This Course
    • You do not have to do every project (see above link for more information), but each project has a date by which it is due, a week or two after we finished talking about the relevant topic.
    • Projects will generally be due on Fridays.
    • See course policies for my policies on late projects.
    • Below is a very brief description of each project, along with due dates, and maximum points available. For a more complete description of a particular project, click on the project number.

    Brief Description of project      Due date      Maximum points
    1Read a book or article on math in art     11/30/12      50 or more (long book)
    30 (Flatland or similar)
    10-15 (10-20 page article)
    1-10 (shorter article)

    2Create work rigorously using proportion      9/21/12     30 (15 or more measurements)
    15 (7-10 measurements)
    5-10 (fewer measurements)

    3 Analyze Seurat's La Parade for evidence      10/5/12     25 (>= 16 good prospects)
    of the Golden Ratio15 (10 good prospects)
    7 (5 good prospects)

    4Create work incorporating Golden Ratio      10/12/12     50 (extensive/varied use and
    and/or Fibonacci numbersan analysis of the resulting
    work)

    5Draw house using 3D coordinates and     10/26/12      30 (if extensively)
    perspective formulaepersonalized)
    15 (if no personalization)

    6 Graph a perspective image of a room, by     11/9/12      60 (for 40 or more points)
    collecting 3D points and using perspective30 (for 20 points), etc
    formulaePoints to be divided among group members

    7Create work using perspective techniques      11/16/12     35 (extensive/varied use and
    developed in classanalysis of viewing position)

    8Create work of anamorphic art     11/16/12     25 (create grid & find viewing distance)
    15 (find viewing distance for given grid)
    10 (art alone)
    (Optional) Perspective grid for Project 8
    (Optional) Corresponding Straight grid

    9Create a fractal using the recursive     11/30/12     30 (if 3-4 steps & find dim.)
    process15 (if 3-4 steps)

    10 Read Flatland; write a description of      12/7/12     40 (substantial and sound, from book)
    constraints on life in 2D(20 if read Flatland for Proj 1)
    20 (substantial, sound; from movie)

    11Construct "unfolded" hypercube,      12/7/12     20 (3D & correctly colored)
    identifying connecting faces

    12Write a speculation on life in the 4th      12/7/12     25 (sound & creative)
    dimension, based on sound math

    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Science Center, Room 1306
    Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
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    jsklensk@wheatonma.edu

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