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Upcoming Classes. Thursday, Aug. 30 th Physical Scale and Geometric Perspective Assignments due: Homework assignment #1 Tuesday, Sept. 4 th Fractal Worlds & Chaotic Systems Assignments due: Topic of first oral presentation or written paper - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Upcoming Classes
Thursday, Aug. 30th
Physical Scale and Geometric PerspectiveAssignments due:
Homework assignment #1
Tuesday, Sept. 4th
Fractal Worlds & Chaotic SystemsAssignments due:
Topic of first oral presentation or written paper
Read “Order in Pollock's Chaos”; Scientific American, December 2002
Homework Assignments
Turn in homework at the beginning of class; remember late homework is not accepted.
You may discuss your homework with classmates but DON’T copy work.
Oral Presentations
The following persons will give oral presentations on Thursday, September 27th :
• Batres, Adan• Boyd, Heidi• Chen, Emily• Huang, Annlyn • Kwiatkowski, Dajon• Lebedeff, ChristopherFor everyone else, your first term paper is due on
that date.
The Nexus ofArt & Science
What is Art?
M. Duchamp Fountain
J. BeuysFelt Suit
Works of Shakespeare
DogsPlayingPoker
Performance Art
What is Art?We’ll focus on the non-verbal arts, such as,
painting, dance, design, music, even theater, but not literature or poetry.
What is Science?Medical science?
Psychology?
EarthSciences?
Political Science?
What is Science?
We’ll focus on mathematics and the physical sciences of chemistry and physics.
Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics
The Art and Science Dialogue
Today’s reading from the book Art & Science asks:
What, if anything, do artists & scientists have in common?
Art, Science, and MysticismArt and science have a distant, common
origin in linking humans to the natural world by primitive mysticism.
Pyramids of Egypt
Aztec CalendarShiva, Hindu deityof destruction
Art & Science: Opposite Poles?
Subjective Objective
Emotional Logical
Imagination Reality
Right Brain Left Brain
Concerned with “Why” Concerned with “How”
Art is ___________ but Science is ____________.
Art & Science: Common Ground
What do artists and scientists have in common?
• Creativity & inspiration• Aesthetics (appreciation of beauty)• Discipline & dedication• Polyvalence (interest in many things)• Visualization• Investigation & Research• Presentation & Performance
Creativity & Inspiration
Artists’ and scientists’ best work is creative, which requires inspiration
Composing music
Archimedes discoveres the law of buoyancy while in the bath and cries “Eureka!” (“I’ve found it” in Greek)
“Science does not know its debt to imagination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Muses of Greek Mythology
• Calliope (Chief muse and muse of epic poetry) • Polyhymnia (hymns and sacred poetry) • Terpsichore (dance and choral song) • Clio (history and historical/heroic poetry) • Euterpe (music/lyric poetry) • Erato (lyrics/love poetry) • Melpomene (tragedy) • Thalia (comedy) • Urania (astronomy)
Activity: Creativity ExerciseI’ve invited my friend, Professor John Clapp, from
SJSU’s School of Art & Design, to share some creativity exercises he uses with his students.
The Prince of Butterflies, John Clapp
Aesthetics & Beauty
Scientists are attracted to work that is considered beautiful and elegant.
Mathematical fractal (Mandelbrot set) Calabi-Yau manifold from string theory
Discipline & Dedication
Art & science are hard work that require discipline and dedication.
Jackson Pollock at workMars Climate Orbiter, destroyed on approach to Mars
Violin practice
Polyvalence (Multiple Interests)
Artists and scientists often have diverse interests and a broad, active curiosity.
The Mother, by Louis Pasteur,Chemist and biologist
Albert Einstein
Self-portrait by Samuel Morse, Art professor and inventor of the Morse code telegraph system
Visualization
Scientists make significant use of “right brain” (visual) thinking in their work.
Woodcut by M.C. Escher and gears arranged along a Möbius strip trefoil knot.
Computer simulation of turbulent premixed flames
DNADoubleHelix
Investigation & Preparation
Scientific and artistic works are require preparation, practice, sketching, research, rehearsals, working by trial and error, etc.
Sketch from Charles Darwin’s notebook
Musicians trying somenew songs Star Wars, Episode 2 storyboards
Presentation & Performance
Artists & scientists present their work, which is subject to critical review.
Poster session at physics conference
Showing at an art gallery
Argument & DebateCriticism often leads to stimulating debate
and new directions in both art and science.Painters of the realist and impressionist movements submitted works to the official exhibition sponsored by the Académie des beaux-arts, but were rejected. A Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected) was organized so the rejected works could be displayed in a separate exhibition. It was a great success, stimulating the rise of those movements.
The Luncheon on the Grass, Édouard Manet
Technical Shorthand
Mathematical EquationsMusical Scores
Course Topics
In this course we’ll cover some general topics where art & science overlap, such as:
• Geometry, Optics / Visual Arts
• Motion, Dynamics / Dance
• Matter, Forces, Energy / Design
• Acoustics / Music
Also touch on architecture, photography, animation, and other artistic disciplines.
Term Paper Topics
• Physics & Figure Skating• Singing in the Shower• Why the Sky is Blue• Cubist Painting & Einstein’s Relativity• Theatrical Lighting• Grand Jette, The Physics of Ballet Leaps• Designing a Perpetual Motion Machine• The Shape of the Piano
Topics that are NOT of interest
Do not choose a purely biographical or historical topic, such as
• The life of Issac Newton
• Opera during the Industrial Revolution
May include a some biographical or historical information but keep the focus on the art and on the science.
Next LecturePhysical Scale and
Geometric Perspective
Remember:
Do the first homework assignment