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This is a list of artists who actively explored mathematics in their artworks. [3] Art forms practised by these artists include painting, sculpture, architecture, textiles and origami. Some artists such as Piero della Francesca and Luca Pacioli went so far as to write books on mathematics in art.
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Josef Finger (1841–1925), physicist and mathematician; Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), cyberneticist; Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematician (born in Austria-Hungary, became naturalized U.S. citizen) Hans Hahn (1879–1934), mathematician (member of the Vienna Circle) Friedrich Hasenöhrl (1874–1915), physicist
The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive – Extensive list of detailed biographies The Oberwolfach Photo Collection – Photographs of mathematicians from all over the world Photos of mathematicians – Collection of photos of mathematicians (and computer scientists) made by Andrej Bauer.
One artist inspired by the Penrose article was M.C. Escher—who produced two prints of impossible buildings in 1961 and 1962. The application of the concepts he originated over 20 years prior, by serious mathematicians and artists, rekindled Reutersvärd's interest.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (/ ˈ ɛ ʃ ər /; [1] Dutch: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛɕər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in ...
A geometer is a mathematician whose area of study is the historical aspects that define geometry, instead of the analytical geometric studies that becomes conducted from geometricians. Some notable geometers and their main fields of work, chronologically listed, are:
(Top) 1 Artists and architects. 2 Mathematicians. 3 Writers. 4 Philosophers. 5 Composers. 6 Dancing masters. 7 Explorers and navigators. 8 Humanists.