This hidden math in some abstract paintings may even underlie our ability to recognise such artwork as depictions of trees, according to the research, published in the journal PNAS Nexus.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules ...

They also examined Gustav Klimt’s 1909 painting “L’Arbre de Vie” (“Tree of Life”). They found that the trees depicted in the artworks, even when abstract or stylistic, mostly ...