1 / 27

Upcoming Classes

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

channary-khin
Download Presentation

Upcoming Classes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Upcoming Classes Thursday, Aug. 30th Physical Scale and Geometric Perspective Assignments due: Homework assignment #1 Tuesday, Sept. 4th Fractal Worlds & Chaotic Systems Assignments due: Topic of first oral presentation or written paper Read “Order in Pollock's Chaos”; Scientific American, December 2002

  2. 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.

  3. Oral Presentations The following persons will give oral presentations on Thursday, September 27th : • Batres, Adan • Boyd, Heidi • Chen, Emily • Huang, Annlyn • Kwiatkowski, Dajon • Lebedeff, Christopher For everyone else, your first term paper is due on that date.

  4. The Nexus ofArt & Science

  5. Performance Art Dogs Playing Poker J. Beuys Felt Suit M. Duchamp Fountain Works of Shakespeare What is Art?

  6. What is Art? We’ll focus on the non-verbal arts, such as, painting, dance, design, music, even theater, but not literature or poetry.

  7. What is Science? Medical science? Earth Sciences? Psychology? Political Science?

  8. What is Science? We’ll focus on mathematics and the physical sciences of chemistry and physics. Mathematics Chemistry Physics

  9. The Art and Science Dialogue Today’s reading from the book Art & Science asks: What, if anything, do artists & scientists have in common?

  10. Art, Science, and Mysticism Art and science have a distant, common origin in linking humans to the natural world by primitive mysticism. Pyramids of Egypt Shiva, Hindu deity of destruction Aztec Calendar

  11. Art & Science: Opposite Poles? Art is ___________ but Science is ____________.

  12. 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

  13. Creativity & Inspiration Artists’ and scientists’ best work is creative, which requires inspiration Archimedes discoveres the law of buoyancy while in the bath and cries “Eureka!” (“I’ve found it” in Greek) Composing music “Science does not know its debt to imagination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

  14. 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)

  15. Activity: Creativity Exercise I’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

  16. Aesthetics & Beauty Scientists are attracted to work that is considered beautiful and elegant. Calabi-Yau manifold from string theory Mathematical fractal (Mandelbrot set)

  17. Discipline & Dedication Art & science are hard work that require discipline and dedication. Violin practice Jackson Pollock at work Mars Climate Orbiter, destroyed on approach to Mars

  18. Polyvalence (Multiple Interests) Artists and scientists often have diverse interests and a broad, active curiosity. Albert Einstein The Mother, by Louis Pasteur, Chemist and biologist Self-portrait by Samuel Morse, Art professor and inventor of the Morse code telegraph system

  19. Visualization Scientists make significant use of “right brain” (visual) thinking in their work. DNA Double Helix Woodcut by M.C. Escher and gears arranged along a Möbius strip trefoil knot. Computer simulation of turbulent premixed flames

  20. 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 some new songs Star Wars, Episode 2 storyboards

  21. Presentation & Performance Artists & scientists present their work, which is subject to critical review. Showing at an art gallery Poster session at physics conference

  22. Argument & Debate Criticism 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

  23. Technical Shorthand Musical Scores Mathematical Equations

  24. 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.

  25. 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

  26. 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.

  27. Next LecturePhysical Scale andGeometric Perspective Remember: Do the first homework assignment

More Related