Something really interesting I came across while reading up on Van Doesburg.
Remember this image by Van Doesburg that was on display at the exhibition at the Tate? It seems like nothing more than a very balanced succession of squares..... showing perspective or distance, perhaps?
But apparently, there is a formula behind these squares that make them so splendidly balanced. It's based on a 'recursive' formula. Basically, the sides of each square and the distance between them are half the size of the preceding square.
Hence - the second painting exhibited alongside the one above (I did wonder!) which shows that he actually did the math before the seemingly innocuous painting of a bunch of black squares!
That, my friend, was very interesting! Proves that brilliance lies in simplicity, mostly!
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