Tara,
Cubism uses multiple viewpoints as opposed to classical perspective.
Perspective has its own geometry; projective geometry (as it's
called) being about what remains true independent of the viewpoint.
Does this mean cubism is really about projective geometry as
the viewpoint is no longer important?? I've no idea, but this could be
worth exploring.
Projective geometry predates cubism, and I don't know if any of the
cubists knew much of what a mathematician would call geometry.
See Evans "The Projective Cast" MIT press (1995) p57-
Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen "Geometry and the Imagination" (English
translation, Chelsea Publishing Co, 1952) chapter III
John
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, tara ford wrote:
> Wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this.
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> My research question for one of my modules is 'What is the role of Geometry in Cubism?'. I am finding this a difficult question to answer as such. Surely Geometry developed the Cubist movement?
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> My research has shown that Cezanne depicted nature through the sphere, cone, cylinder and rectangle. These shapes are evident in his work, but do you think they were a conscious decision of his or did they just appear?
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> Theories would be much appreciated!
>
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> Tara
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