Mathematical Paintings of Crockett Johnson - Introduction
"Mathematical Paintings of Crockett Johnson - Introduction"
showing 1 items. - In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the
American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of
paintings on mathematical subjects. This oil painting, #74 in
the series, dates from 1969 and is signed "CJ69." It is based on
a theorem in plane geometry proved by the English-born
mathematician Frank Morley (1860–1937). Morley emigrated to the
United States and taught at Haverford College and Johns Hopkins
University. - The painting illustrates his best-known result. It
shows lines that divide the three angles of the large triangle
into three equal parts. Lines coming from different vertices of
the triangle meet in points. The triangle formed by joining the
intersections of the trisectors, which lie nearest to the three
sides of the triangle, is shown in white in the painting.
According to Morley's theorem, this is an equilateral triangle.
- Currently not on view - Date made - J