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Stellated Dodecahedron Luca Pacioli and Leonardo da Vinci 1509

This is a list of artists who actively explored mathematics in their artworks.

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forms practised by these artists include

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

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, textiles and

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. Some artists such as

Piero della Francesca Piero della Francesca (, also , ; – 12 October 1492), originally named Piero di Benedetto, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. To contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca i ...

and Luca Pacioli went so far as to write books on mathematics in art. Della Francesca wrote books on

solid geometry In mathematics, solid geometry or stereometry is the traditional name for the geometry of three-dimensional, Euclidean spaces (i.e., 3D geometry). Stereometry deals with the measurements of volumes of various solid figures (or 3D figures), inc ...

and the emerging field of perspective, including ''De Prospectiva Pingendi (On Perspective for Painting)'', ''Trattato d’Abaco (Abacus Treatise)'', and ''De corporibus regularibus (Regular Solids)'', while Pacioli wrote ''

De divina proportione ''Divina proportione'' (15th century Italian for ''Divine proportion''), later also called ''De divina proportione'' (converting the Italian title into a Latin one) is a book on mathematics written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by Leonardo da ...

(On Divine Proportion)'', with illustrations by

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

, at the end of the fifteenth century. Merely making accepted use of some aspect of mathematics such as perspective does not qualify an artist for admission to this list. The term "fine art" is used conventionally to cover the output of artists who produce a combination of paintings, drawings and sculptures.

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External links

Saint Louis University: List of mathematical artists, by field
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