Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life counterparts ...

and 20th-century abstract art. They found that the values of α in these artworks range from 1.5 to 2.8, similar to the range of this value in natural trees. “We find α in the range 1.5 to 2.8 ...

Art and math both explore abstract descriptions of the world, and so seeing great art and science pick out the same essential features of trees is satisfying beyond what art or science could ...

“As you abstract away details and still want viewers ... The study authors are not the first to apply math to trees in art. Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci observed tree growth and ...