red, and yellow — in a thin white frame. A long scroll of tiny thumbnail images showing the changes in Mondrian’s painting style over time. The sequence begins with depictions of trees and ...

Trees depicted in the artwork of famous painters like Leonardo da Vinci and Piet Mondrian follow the math behind their branching pattern in nature, a new study says. This hidden math in some ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. Trees are ...