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Writing on the Wall: Using a protractor and ruler, make a drawing based on lines, arcs, circles, and grids. Then write a set of instructions to trade with a friend or classmate. Tape a piece of paper to the wall and use the instructions to re-create the drawing. Then use your protractors to check each other’s drawings for accuracy.
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Design Your Own Beadwork: Use graph paper and colored pencils to create a geometric design for beadwork. Imagine that each square is one bead, and make your design tell the story of a significant event in your life. What do the shapes, lines, and colors of your “beadwork” represent?
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What's Your Perspective?: Use the “One-Point Perspective Worksheet” PDF from ArtsConnectEd.org to draw an architectural space using linear perspective. You will need a ruler and a good eraser!
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Going Crazy: Use either a computer program or a square piece of paper to create a tessellation. Then all students can pool their squares to make a class quilt! You may want to agree on certain qualities to keep constant such as colors or size. An explanation of the procedure can be found at Tessellations.org.
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Paper Perfection: A proportion known as the golden ratio (or golden mean, or golden section) was popular with Renaissance artists. Create a golden ratio rectangle by folding a piece of paper according to these directions from Mr. Narain's Golden Ratio Page.
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More Math in Art: Continue your exploration of math in art by looking through this ArtsConnectEd collector set. Sort the set by the type of math you see at work in each piece. Click here to view the set. Click here to learn more about Art Collector.
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Golden Opportunity: Explore the golden mean through the activities suggested in Princeton Online's Incredible Art Department Web site.
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Symbols, Symmetry, and Stories: Learn more about the story behind the symbols in the Lakota dress at the MIA's World Myths and Legends in Art online resource. Then, discover additional artful symmetry and learn about the Islamic faith by visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Arts World Religions in Art Web site.
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Math in Art Reading List: Everyday Mathematics: Student Reference Book. The University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago: SRA/McGraw-Hill, 2002. Jacobs, Harold R. Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 2003. Kalajdzievski, Sasho. Math and Art: An Introduction to Visual Mathematics. CRC Press, 2008. Stephens, Pamela, and Nancy Walkup. Bridging the Curriculum through Art: Interdisciplinary Connections. Glenview, Il.: Crystal Productions, 2000. Tobin, Richard. ?The Canon of Polykleitos.? American Journal of Archaeology 79, no. 4 (1975): 307-21. |
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