• When it comes to mathematics , it has a link with art that goes back a long way . The view is that mathematical ideas such as linear perspective , symmetry , the golden ratio and geometric shapes have a direct influence on art . Such ideas can shape how we view things as they encanced the works . It was during the Renaissance period and artists like Leonardo Da Vinci that ideas about mathematics in art gained attention .
• Leonardo Da Vinci ' s knowledge of mathematics did not take off until he was in his early forties . Much of his came through gaining knowledge by following an ongoing program of self-study . In his forties , he studied Mathematics with the Franciscan friar named Lucca Pacioli . Following this , Da Vinci used what the he had learnt by going on to study engineering and anatomy .