Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they contain fractals, following relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

Calculating fractal branches in tree art The study was inspired by a visit to the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque in India. Newberry noticed that some of the windows had carvings with stylized trees.

Grey Tree by Piet Mondrian, 1911. [Image: Kunstmuseum Den Haag] Fundamental research in the biology of branching helps cure cardiovascular diseases and cancer, design materials that can heal ...

The authors surveyed trees in art, selected to cover a broad geographical range and also for their subjective beauty, and found values from 1.5 to 2.8, which correspond to the range of natural trees.

Guile will be adding names to the tree of the people and organizations who have donated to the Virginia Beach Housing Resource Center. And just a note, if you are without a home or are in danger ...

ASBURY PARK - For some at the Jersey Shore, creating art is preferable to cutting down a tree to celebrate the holidays, and now that abstract idea is gradually turning into a boardwalk tradition.

The first time I saw a picture of the inflatable sculpture Tree, standing 79-ft. high (24 m.) in the Place Vendome in Paris, I thought it was an abstract version of your basic conifer – a ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they contain fractals, following relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they contain fractals, following relatively simple ...