JANUARY
Real people make real art and real math:
Sung and unsung heroes/heroines in art and math
Methods: biographical readings, classroom discussion, slide shows, demonstrations of mathematical discoveries
FEBRUARY
Real art and real math make real history:
Cross cultural study of visual patterns created using two-dimensional symmetries
Art: slide lectures. Math: demonstrations of principles involved
MARCH
Order and chaos in art and math:
Historical survey
Art: selected readings, slide lectures.
Math: presentation of examples, work on open-ended problems and discussion
APRIL
Student project: use of math tools for a cross-cultural analysis of stylistic elements in art:
For example, graphical analysis of the six ways that passage of time is depicted in U.S., European and Japanese comic art.
Art: selection and analysis of subject matter.
Math: organization of data and creation of graphical charts