The Intersection of Art and Science Fall 2017

Art and Science have long been pitted against each other, seemingly signifying two contradictory sides of the brain; objectivity and creativity.   Ideologies that were present in the Renaissance celebrated the conjunction of the two disciplines, resulting in scientists who incorporated truth and beauty into their scientific practices, and artists that had a scientific understanding of the natural world in order to depict it.   Today, Scientists use the same invention and curiosity that fuel artistic practice to understand and explain the world around them and contemporary artists respond visually and conceptually to new discoveries in science. This studio class offers the argument that science and art can be interconnected in concept and practice.   Students will explore the ways visual systems of representation in art can intersect with contemporary science in various ways to using science as the subject matter or inspiration of the work made in class. ...