Maria Mannone
Artist, Freelance Math, Physics, Music, and Visual Art Researcher
School of Music, University of Minnesota, Alumna
USA / Italy
My work combines the classical theme of still life with parametric equations represented with Mathematica software. For each image, there is a code. The images have been superposed through Keynote. This work highlights how the mathematical investigation can bring new blood to classical themes, and how mathematics can always be a living being that inspires artistic production. This work may be suitable for students to show the variety of shapes we can get by changing a few parameters. Example: ParametricPlot3D[{1.2^u (2 + Cos[v]) Cos[u*0.3]*1.5,1.2^u (2 + Cos[v]) Sin[u*0.3]*1.5, (1.2^u Sin[v] - 0.01*1.2^u)*1.2}, {u, 0, 30 Pi}, {v,0, 30 Pi}, PlotPoints->30, Mesh->None, Axes-> None,PlotRange->All,Boxed->False], and coffee-tone ColorFunction.
Parametric Natura Morta
22 x 32 cm
computer art
2016
Mathematics is a way to see through nature; it is a way to think of nature.
We can see nature and derive math, but also we can do math and derive nature's shapes.
This "parametric still life" (still life = "natura morta" in Italian), where each image is defined by a parametric equation, may show that mathematics through art is not only... still living, but strongly living!
We can see nature and derive math, but also we can do math and derive nature's shapes.
This "parametric still life" (still life = "natura morta" in Italian), where each image is defined by a parametric equation, may show that mathematics through art is not only... still living, but strongly living!