{"id":1619,"date":"2012-02-11T07:41:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2012-08-06T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:58:33","slug":"the-artistic-side-of-math-cubism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"The Artistic Side of Math &#8211; Cubism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1622\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cubism2\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism2-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism2.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1621\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cubism\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1620\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1620\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cubism1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism1-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cubism1.jpg 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a unit on 2-dimensional geometry I use art to tie in the polygons we&#8217;ve been studying.  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