Models of Surfaces and Abstract Art in the Early Twentieth Century

Angela Vierling-Claassen ()
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Angela Vierling-Claassen: Lesley University

A chapter in Aesthetics of Interdisciplinarity: Art and Mathematics, 2017, pp 199-207 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the late 1800s and early 1900s mathematicians were producing models of mathematical surfaces out of plaster, wire, and other materials. These models were used to illustrate research and for university instruction. Gradually, mathematical interest in these models faded, but the models themselves were still on display in universities and museums. There they were found by several artists from the Constructivist and Surrealist movements, two movements of abstract art that were active in the early twentieth century. Artists from each of these movements drew some inspiration from these models of surfaces.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57259-8_11

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