Mathematical Art
MC Escher
See Also: Computer Art, Science in Art
M.C. Escher Art Prints
The largest selection at the lowest prices. It's easy to frame or mount your prints online with a wide variety of high quality frames, mats, and glass. Custom mounting also available.
The Bridges Organization
Includes mathematical art exhibits, a virtual museum, a resource center and more.
Leonardo Da Vinci: Mathematical Order in Art
An article about how Leonardo Da Vinci incorporated math into his artwork and technical sketches.
AMS: Math Imagery
Explore mathematics and art in online image galleries presented by the American Mathematical Society, includes geometric sculptures, fractals, quilts, origami, and more.
Heaven on Earth
Missionaries and the Mathematical Arts in 17th-century Beijing
View 105 scans from Ferdinand Verbiest’s Xinzhi Yixiangtu, a Museum of the History of Science, Oxford online exhibition.
Compass and Rule
A Museum of the History of Science, Oxford online exhibition featuring early modern architectural and scientific material including an astrolabe made for Queen Elizabeth I, architectural drawings by King George III, and Sir Christopher Wren's drawings of St Paul's Cathedral.
Dream-Catcher Mandalas
Mathematical art by Louis A. Talman, Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Geometry in Art and Architecture
Art, mathematics, and architecture from Egypt to the present.
Mathematics in Art and Architecture
Course content and additional information from the National University of Singapore, includes a useful selection of links to web resources.
Mathematical Artwork
Thumb gallery with image enlargements and explanations.
Virtual Math Museum
Collections include fractals & chaos, plane curves, space curves, a mathematical art section with artist biographies and more.
Geometry Through Art
What children can learn about art and geometry.
Mathematical Imagery
Mathematical images created by Jos Leys, includes fractals, biomorphic fractals, celtic knots, 3d geometry and more.
Math Art
Singularity knots, pictures generated with vort, and 3d fractals.
Mathematical Art of MC Escher
Article on the mathematical art of MC Escher, with emphasis on inspiring the student to see mathematics with fresh eyes.
The Math Museum
Goudreau Museum of mathematics in art and science.
Geometry Junkyard: Origami
Several articles relating origami to geometry, with links to others.
Mandelbrot Set
Fractal images generated from a simple mathematical formula.
Fractal Expressionism
Discusses whether science can further our understanding of art.
Tessellations.org
Information about tessellations from their history and development to galleries of examples, tutorials, and software.
Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets
In this online exhibit, the study of symmetry is used to analyze patterns in Oriental carpets.
George W. Hart
Geometric sculpture, polyhedra, and trilobites.
Sacred Geometry
Sacred Geometry Mandala Art
An essay with examples of sacred geometry in art by Jonathan Quintin.
Sri Yantra: Sacred Art and Geometry of Tantra
Information on the artistic and historical background of the sriyantra including a small collection of images, historical methods of duplication, and modern methods of construction.
Polygons, Tilings,
& Sacred Geometry
Section in the Geometry in Art & Architecture online resource at Dartmouth College.
Native American Geometry
Developed by archaeologist and educator Chris Hardaker of Window Rock, AZ, this site draws upon the art and architecture of Native Americans to teach math to students in Grades 4-12.
