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M. C. Escher. Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛɕər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even ...
Sculptures of minimal surfaces, saddle surfaces, and other mathematical concepts [36] Man Ray. 1890–1976. Fine art. Photographs and paintings of mathematical models in Dada and Surrealist art [37] Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid. 1990–. Fine art.
Dimensions. 670 cm (264 in) Location. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Fountain of the Great Lakes, or Spirit of the Great Lakes Fountain, is an allegorical sculpture and fountain by Lorado Taft. The bronze artwork, created between 1907 and 1913, depicts five women arranged so that the fountains waterfall recalls the waterflow ...
Website. artic.edu. The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. The museum is based in the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago 's Grant Park. Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, includes works such as Georges Seurat 's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte ...
Nicolaus Copernicus[ b ] (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...
Stanisław Szukalski (13 December 1893 – 19 May 1987) was a Polish sculptor and painter who became a part of the Chicago Renaissance. [1] Szukalski's art exhibits influence from ancient cultures such as Egyptian, Slavic, and Aztec combined with elements of art nouveau, from the various currents of early 20th century European modernism - cubism, expressionism, futurism and pre-Columbian art.
Theodore John Kaczynski (/ k ə ˈ z ɪ n s k i / ⓘ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber (/ ˈ j uː n ə b ɒ m ər / ⓘ YOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. [1] [2] He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive ...