Effect of science on art Daria Ostapova 23D48155 Department of Life Science & Technology CONTENTS • Tools & Materials • Perspective, anatomy & optical illusion • New approaches & techniques • Inspiration • Conclusions 2 Tools & Materials Many popular pigments were formerly very expensive because they were made from semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli, carnelian, or malachite. lapis lazuli pigment Science allowed to find adequate substitutes for most colors and now paints are mainly products of organic chemistry. Preparation of malachite pigment 3 Perspective, anatomy & optical illusion Frescoes of Brancacci Chapel ‘Healing of the Cripple and Raising of TabiTHa’ Masaccio frescoes of the Bridal Chamber 1465-1474, Andrea Mantegna ‘ANAtomical scetches’ 4 Leonardo da vinci Perspective, anatomy & optical illusion The painting depicts two ambassadors at the English court with a lot of scientific instruments. It also shows an anamorphic distorted skull at the bottom, which can only be viewed from a certain angle. ‘THe ambassadors’ 1533, Hans Holbein the Younger 5 New approaches & techniques Seurat showed the theory of optical mixture of colors theory in the paintings through pointillism (using small dots of color to create the entire painting). ‘a sunday afTernoon on THe island of la grande Jatte’ 1884-1886, Georges Seurat 6 inspiration ‘Moisés’ 1945, Frida Kahlo ‘frida and THe miscarriage’ 7 1932, Frida Kahlo After nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, Salvador Dali became fascinated with atomic theory. “Nuclear Mysticism” embodied a philosophical approach to quantum physics. inspiration ‘Uranium and aTomica melancHolica idyll’ 1945, SALVADOR DALI ‘galaTea of THe spHeres’ 1952, SALVADOR DALI 8 Conclusions • Scientific discoveries have been inspiring artists to explore new subjects • Scientific approach allowed to create more complex artworks in terms of colors, composition and technique • Development of science paved the way to various forms of art • Scientific advancement of art through centuries turned out into a new symbiotic art field called ‘Science-art’ 9 References • https://majnouna.com/2019/07/30/malachite/ • Анатомические рисунки Леонардо да Винчи (kulturologia.ru) • АНАТОМИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАПИСИ И РИСУНКИ ЛЕОНАРДО ДА ВИНЧИ Международный студенческий научный вестник (сетевое издание) (eduherald.ru) • https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collection/artwork/atomicamelancolica-melancholic-atomic • https://www.kahlo.org/moses-nucleus-of-creation/ 10 11 Eduardo Kac, a pioneer of Science-art had exhibited his famous transgenic flower, ‘Edunia‘, which he engineered part of his own genome into. ‘neurons’, Mehmet Berkmen & Maria Penil 12
