Nature by Numbers

Many believe that the artists of antiquity, like Michelangelo and Da Vinci, were using geometrical and mathematical sequences to create the masterpieces of the past that we are so familiar with.

The master architects from from ancient empires like Rome and Egypt are also suspected of making use of these principles. In the below video we explore the ideas that these concepts represent with beautiful animations by Cristobal Vila and the findings are quite interesting.