这是一部从古代到现在的数学和艺术的文化史。长期以来，数学家和艺术家一直在探索如何理解他们眼前的物理世界和他们仅通过思考就能知道的抽象物体。琳恩•盖姆韦尔（Lynn Gamwell）带领读者了解数学实践和推动该学科的哲学思想，指出了艺术家表达数学概念的重要方式。盖姆韦尔的全面探索包含华丽的艺术作品插图和有说服力的数学图表。

数学与艺术》展示了数学思想是如何体现在视觉艺术中的，所有对数学和艺术这两个广博学科的知识探索、人格特性和文化环境感兴趣的读者都会从中得到启发。

This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration.

Mathematics and Art demonstrates how mathematical ideas are embodied in the visual arts and will enlighten all who are interested in the complex intellectual pursuits, personalities, and cultural settings that connect these vast disciplines.