Art and science

City Lit

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Art and science are seen as polar opposites, one subjective and the other objective. This class will blur these cultural divides. We will discuss science as a method of creative expression and art as a method of inquiry. From Leonardo da Vinci to the Surrealists, Galileo to Einstein we will gain understanding of the commonalities of visual thinking inherent to both disciplines. This is a five-session course that will conclude in visit to Wellcome Collection for the final session.
This course is structured around lectures and class discussions exploring relevant concepts and historical questions, followed by a guided visit to a relevant London gallery.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

• Give examples of two art movements/artists where their art reflects the scientific thinking of their era
• Describe three key artworks that reflect scientific thinking
• Explain how at least one scientist discussed in the course has expressed their theories through visual art.

You might wish to bring a notebook. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list given out in class.
Please note we are unable to guarantee stools in the art gallery that we will visit so you may have to stand and to walk between art works. The gallery visit will be free.

You will be taught with slide presentations, group discussions, and a guided gallery visit for the last session.

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Subjects

  • Art

Course programme

• Inventing the world: Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo
• Enlightenment thinking: Female artists observing, male artists dissecting
• Seeing is believing: Optics, perception and motion: photography, impressionism and pointillism
• Uncertainty is reality: Einstein and Freud, Cubism and Surrealism
• Visual art as understanding scientific complexities: visit to Wellcome Collection.

Additional information

You might also be interested in: • VB859 - Contemporary art: animal and human in the age of technology. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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