4th, 5th, Middle School ; Hard Cover, Literary Nonfiction ; Extra Purchase

Math at the Art Museum

This series deals with math and how math can be found everywhere. The math this time, at the art museum, is not as straight forward as younger children might need. This book would best be used as a group read.

This book is not intended to analyze art from a mathematical perspective. Instead, the intent is to highlight how math often informs art and also influences our daily lives.”

Geometry is the often the easiest form of math to see visualized is the art presented within this book.

Artworks by : Jasper Johns, George Seurat, Wassily Kandinsky, Fernand Leger, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Rene Magritte, Kim Jae-hong, Henri Matisse, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and Salvador Dali are presented in connection with math vocabulary.