History of Mart through Art- Ao Dai

 Here is my final project and explanation about this art. 

History of Math Through Art

VIETNAMESE AO DAI

+ Ao Dai is a Vietnam’s traditional dress. Ao Dai is designed for both woman and man, for any ages. The story of Ao Dai started in 1744, when Vietnam was divided into two territories (inner Land and Outer Land). To distinguish his people, Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat of Inner Land asked his subjects to wear a front-buttoned gown with trousers. This five-part dress was the inspiration for the modern Ao Dai. Royals and elites made their dresses from the finest silk, with intricate details and vibrant colors to represent ranking in court (“All About Ao Dai: Vietnam’s National Dress,” n.d.).

+Ao Dai is designed with different patterns. The special pattern is Dong Son decorative pattern. It is iconic, conventional and highly stylized. The lines are simple, but vivid, nature (S-shaped, humanoid, bird, animal, house, boat...). The shape of my country in the map is letter S. Vietnam is an agricultural country so animal, boat, bird... are familiar with Vietnamese people (Gia Bay, 2018).

 

+ Ao Dai is also designed with brocade motifs of 12 ethnic groups of Vietnam. Vietnam has 8 language groups and 54 ethnic groups. Each region has cultural and life characteristics, among which clothing is one of the factors contributing to building a unique identity for each ethnic group. Pattern is an expression of aesthetic conception through motifs colors, techniques. Pattern also reflects other psychological and social aspects such as beliefs, contained within the drawings, colors (Nguyen, n.d.).

+ Ao Dai has a symmetry which has mathematical concept inside. In the Elements, Euclid exploited symmetry from the very first proposition to make his proofs clear and straightforward (J. Nunemacher, 565). Recognizing the symmetry that exists among the roots of an equation, Galois was able to solve a centuries-old problem. There is a relationship between art and symmetry as “Hambidge was not just interested in analysing ancient art – he wanted to spread the word about Dynamic Symmetry and its potential to improve contemporary visual arts.” (J. Wilson, 21).

+ For all Vietnamese women, Ao dai is one of the important clothes. All female teachers need to wear Ao Dai to school in special events and female students in high school need to wear Ao dai to school in some days in a week. (In the first picture, my colleagues and I wear Ao dai in the 25-year ceremony of my school.

                                    

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