The golden ratio of creativity. : Unity in diversity

Oprešnik, Lara (author)

We reflect on the profound relationship between art and mathematics, focusing on their mutual search for truth. Art, often perceived as an emotional and subjective expression, delves into deep societal and personal truths, while mathematics serves as the logical language through which we understand the universe's fun-damental principles. We argue that these two fields are not opposing, but comple-mentary in their quest to uncover meaning and order. By balancing emotion and reason, both art and science contribute to the discovery of universal truths. As an example, we discuss Bach’s Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), where the mathe-matical structure and artistic expression harmonize. Also we examine how the golden ratio and the Fibonacci sequence, both present in nature and art, represent harmony and guide the creation of aesthetically pleasing works. The connection between art, mathematics, and nature reveals that the search for balance is essen-tial in understanding the world and seeking deeper truths.

• Language: English
• Keywords: golden ratio, Fibonacci sequence, art and science, mathematical beauty in musi
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering; AG - Academy of Music
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 94 -99
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-169924
• UDC: 78:51
• DOI: 10.55295/PSL.12.2025.III12
• COBISS.SI-ID: 239662083
• Publication date in RUL: 17.06.2025

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Socratic Lectures : 12th international symposium, Ljubljana, 11. 1. 2025
• Editors: Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Yelena Istileulova, Anna Romolo
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Press
• Year: 2025
• ISBN: 978-961-297-597-5
• COBISS.SI-ID: 237747715

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: zlati rez, Fibonacci-jevo zaporedje, umetnost in znanost, lepota matematika v glasbi