The Art of Mathematics
The Art of Mathematics
Carol Jacoby
Da Vinci's Math Teacher: Merging the Practical and Theoretical
16 minutes Posted Apr 24, 2024 at 9:00 pm.
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Jeanne Lazzarini joins us again to introduce us to the mathematician Luca Pacioli, whose views of numbers and shapes influenced Leonardo da Vinci, leading to a period of art and invention. His book, De Divina Proportione, is the only book ever illustrated by da Vinci. The Renaissance was a period when mathematicians studied art and artists studied mathematics. As da Vinci said, "Everything connects."