Individual Research Projects 7-7

Individual Research Project 7.9

Write a paper on perspective. How are three-dimensional objects represented in two dimensions?

References:
Mathematics and Perspective
http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/perspective/perspect.html

Morris Kline, Mathematics, a Cultural Approach (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1962), Chapters 10-11.

C. Stanley Ogilvy, Excursions in GeometrySee the whole entry

Individual Research Projects Section 7.1

Project 7.1

What are optical illusions?

What are the following optical illusions:

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Find some unusual optical illusions and illustrate with charts, models, advertisements, pictures, or
illusions.

References:

Martin Gardner, “Mathematical Games,” Scientific American, May 1970.

Richard Gregory, “Visual Illusions,” Scientific See the whole entry

Reference Topics 7-6

The Golden Ratio is discussed at this site:
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/s97b/art.htm

The Golden Section in Nature is discussed at this site:
https://www.goldennumber.net/nature/

There are many sites that discuss the relationship between math and art (that is between perspective and projective geometry). You … See the whole entry