Abstract
The last chapter considered examples of mathematical objects embodied in the spatial environment. This chapter contemplates how the cultural environment confers particular images on mathematics that further shape how it is perceived, and how it evolves. To begin this discussion I want to consider the notion of objects from a different perspective towards setting the scene for a preliminary consideration of how specifically mathematical objects derive from cultural contexts in everyday life. In the first instance I take, as an example, an art object, not so much as thing in itself, but to consider its provenance as an object. Could an analogy with the apprehension of artistic objects help us to think a little differently about the apprehension and provenance of mathematical objects? How do humans relate variously to mathematical or artistic objects? How are objects situated or created in relations? I shall argue that the objectivity of the piece is a function of its social location.
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