Fractal Roots and Artful Math

The term “mathematical art” usually conjures up images of M.C. Escher’s endless staircases, Möbius-strip ants, and mind-boggling tilings. Or it might remind one of the intimate intertwining of mathematics and art during the Renaissance with the development of perspective painting and eye-teasing stagecraft.

A view of the recent MathArt/ArtMath show at the Selby Gallery in Sarasota, Fla.