Salvador Dalí and the Fourth Dimension

Year: 2014 Authors: Thomas F. Banchoff

Core claim

Dalí’s art repeatedly engaged four-dimensional geometry and René Thom’s catastrophe theory through direct exchanges with mathematicians.

Topics

fourth dimension, Dalí paintings, catastrophe theory, visualization, artist-mathematician collaboration

Domains

higher-dimensional geometry, polyhedral surfaces, singularity theory, painting, museum display, surrealism

Methods

historical narrative, geometric modeling, visual comparison, projection analysis

Media

hypercube model, 16mm projector, paintings, glass case display

Source status

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