Art Lovers discussion

Check this out, what do you think? Odd Nerdrum confirmed the geometric analysis of two of his paintings.
https://www.lesser-reset.com/art.html

Wow! I read the whole thing and looked at all the paintings. I saw some of the shapes. That’s ‘some’ or rather a few.
First, it sure makes the famous artists of the past look like mathematical geniuses!
But on the other hand, a lot of the paintings looked like they just had a bunch of lines drawn through them making a hexagon or whatever try to come out of somewhere. Like there really isn’t any math there but they are ‘reaching’ for something. Draw enough lines and somewhere you will see a shape.
Of course, math is not my forte

BTW, Hi Ryan! Are you new? Or just now adding some interesting information for us? This is quite interesting!
I’m happy to hear from you! If you are new to the group, welcome! I hope you enjoy it here and I do hope to hear more from you!
I’m glad you jumped right in and opened your own thread. Thank you for doing so.
And if you know more about math and art, I’d love to hear from you, your take on the subject.

Hi Ryan, I'm suspecting that what the author of that article is trying to discuss is dynamic symmetry.

Dynamic symmetry is geometrically designed, but can be far less complex than the article would suggest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rg-N... This video here is a good starting point for how dynamic symmetry can be utilised in artwork, and if you compare the basic baroque diagonal to a lot of the works in the article, you can definitely see how it's utilised (look at that really distinct baroque diagonal in Odd Nedrum's painting!)

I also really resonate, however, with Michelangelo's quote(?) within that article, "It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges." It's incredibly likely that many artists naturally follow such a pattern in their organic compositions as they 'feel' their way around their compositions.