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 - Law of Orbiting Velocities
- date made
- 1967
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Painting - Fluxions (Newton)
- date made
- 1966
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Painting - Mystic Hexagon (Pascal)
- date made
- 1965
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Painting -Construction of Heptagon
- date made
- 1973
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Painting - Every Positive Integer (Gauss)
- date made
- 1966
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Painting - Logarithms
- date made
- 1966
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Painting - Parabolic Triangles (Archimedes)
- date made
- 1969
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Painting - Morley Triangle
- Date made
- 1969
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Sun Mathematics
- Date
- 1974
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