JANUARY
Real people make real art and real math: biographical readings and discussion of heroes (sung and unsung) in art and math.
· 750-word reflection paper on the student’s perception of the qualities that make for individual success in art and math.
FEBRUARY
Real art and real math make real history: cross cultural study of visual patterns created using two-dimensional symmetries.
· Creation of an original visual design that demonstrates use of a two-dimensional symmetry.
· Description of the math involved.
MARCH
Order and chaos in art and math: selected readings, problems and slide study of examples.
· Compare/contrast examples of orderly and chaotic art
· Compare/contrast examples of orderly and chaotic math
APRIL
Student project: using math to make a cross-cultural analysis of stylistic elements in art. Example: graphical analysis of the six ways that the passage of time is depicted in U.S., European and Japanese comic art.
· Illustrated classroom presentation of findings