This page served as the home page for Math 102: Mathematics and the Visual Arts, a course for non-mathematics majors taught by Mark Schlatter at Centenary College of Louisiana during the spring of 2003. The below table shows the PowerPoint lecture, homework assignment, and web links for each day of lecture. You can download the course syllabus here and get a description of the individual project assignment here.
While the course is not currently being taught, I have kept up the material as an aid to other instructors who might want to teach such a course. I was greatly helped by similar web pages when I constructed this course. If you have questions or comments, please email me at mschlat@centenary.edu.
Monday, January 6th - Introduction to Proportion
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Wednesday, January 8th - The Golden Mean
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Friday, January 10th - The Golden Mean in Art
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Wednesday, January 15th - Flatland and Dimensions
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Monday, January 20th - Extrinsic and Intrinsic Dimension
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Wednesday, January 22nd - Dimensions and Pointillism
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Friday, January 24th - The Mathematics of Color Systems
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Monday, January 27th - Slope, Angles, and Parametric Curves
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Wednesday, January 29th - Constructing Conics through Loci and Envelopes
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Friday, January 31st - Constructing Fractals
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Monday, February 3rd - More on Constructing Fractals
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Monday, February 10th - More on Constructing Fractals
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Wednesday, February 12th - Fractal Replacement Rules Using Area
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Friday, February 14th - Finding Fractals in Art
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Monday, February 17th - Introduction to Tiling
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Wednesday, February 19th - Semiregular Tilings
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Monday, February 24th - Creating Irregular Tilings
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Wednesday, February 26th - An Introduction to Border Patterns
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Friday, February 28th - Friezes and Wallpaper
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Monday, March 10th - Classifying Wallpaper
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Monday, March 17th - Generating Wallpaper Patterns
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Wednesday, March 19th - Analyzing Cultural Tilings
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Friday, March 21st - The Masking Tape Activity
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Monday, March 24th - Introduction to Perspective
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Wednesday, March 26th - Mathematical Basis of Perspective
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Friday, March 28th - Mathematical Basis of Perspective (part 2)
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Monday, March 31st - Mathematical Basis of Perspective (part 3)
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Wednesday, April 2nd - Finding the Viewing Distance
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Friday, April 4th - Renaissance Methods of Perspective Drawing
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Monday, April 7th - Hockney's Argument
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Wednesday, April 9th - Introduction to Polyhedra
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Friday, April 11th - More on Platonic Solids
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Last updated: 5/14/03
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