Visitors can browse from 50 designer-inspired trees, which are for sale, during this year’s event, themed “Enchanted Holidays.” The Council of 101 has raised $14 million over the years for the Orlando ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...

Tree branches in art throughout history follow geometric rules related to fractal geometry. 'Almond blossom' by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...

No one can accuse Dani Dodge of not putting her feelings into her art. The Los Angeles-based artist captured hearts with discarded mattresses that she spray-painted with messages of love as a way to ...

Piet Mondrian painted the same tree in "The gray tree" (left) and "Blooming apple tree" (right). Viewers can readily discern the tree in "The gray tree" with a branch diameter scaling exponent of 2.8.

Christmas balls and lighted garlands decorate a giant Christmas tree inside the Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysees department store for Christmas and New Year celebrations on in Paris, France. Photo by ...

Guests browse wreaths and holiday decor during the Festival of Trees at Orlando Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. A themed tree and table setting is displayed during the Festival of Trees at ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so. Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century ...

Mitchell Newberry has published research on tree branching supported by University of Michigan and University of New Mexico. He volunteers with Cool It Burque, a tree-planting group in Albuquerque, NM ...