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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 - Biblical Squared Circles
  • Blue Gray Violet Wheel (from series, the Mathematical Basis of the Arts)
  • Homage to the Square--Equivocal
  • Homage to the Square--Joy
  • Triangle
  • Homage to the Square--Reserved
  • Homage to the Square--Shielded
  • Homage to the Square--Wide Light
  • Circles, Triangles and Squares
  • Homage to the Square--Thaw
  • Homage to the Square--Aura
  • Homage to the Square--Tenuous
  • Triangles
  • Homage to the Square: Midday
  • Homage to the Square: Yellow and Ochre
  • Homage to the Square: Blue Reminding
  • Small Triangles
  • Homage to the Square: Arctic Bloom
  • Homage to the Square--White Line-Red
  • Golden Gate, Homage to the Square, Soft Edge – Hard Edge
  • Mathematics and Art (Northern Renaissance landscape, man walking over bridge)

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