A(T)R Sepember 27, 2004

Resources for “Science and Art” Course Development

Mariah E. Klaneski ’04, Prof. David L. Beveridge

This presentation is to summarize the work of last summer on this subject and is supported by the 2GFYI Grant of Profs. David Beveridge and Brian Fay.

http://dbeveridge.web.wesleyan.edu/sciart (or http://mklaneski.web.wesleyan.edu/sciart)

Best Links:

Interdisciplinary programs:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/students/sciarttech (topics, lesson plans)
Course by The Art Institute of Chicago entitled "Science, Art, and Technology" offered to science teachers in Chicago Public Schools.

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/index.html (electronic bookshelf, art, geometry in art and arch, syllabus, early 20th c art)
Mathematics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College.

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/mac/ Math Across the Curriculum at Mt Holyoke College

Courses with good websites:

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/%7Ematc/math5.geometry/ (syllabus, early 20th c art) Geometry in Art and Architecture at Dartmouth College as part of their Mathematics Across the Curriculum program. Good information in Syllabus.

http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/Chem&Art/chemandart.html (topics, light and color, color lab) Course entitled "Chemistry and Art" at Wellesley College that combines classroom and laboratory work to explore etching and metalwork, photography, papermaking, and painting as well as the relationships between light and color. Most interesting are the links in topics and experiments/labs.

http://www.physics.hku.hk/~tboyce/ap/art_phys.html (course, lecture presentations) Course entitled "Art and Physics" taught at the University of Hong Kong. The course uses Shlain's book as its text and has fabulous Power Points, assignments and examinations.

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/class/85HC_Gruner/ (divine proportion, hypertext) Course entitled "Concepts in Physics, Notions in Art" taught at UCLA. Website contains course syllabus with links to a hypertext version of the topics.

Sites with good interactive elements for teaching/learning:

http://webexhibits.org/pigments/ Fabulous site that discusses paint through the ages and gives specific information about the chemical properties and origins of a long list of colors.

http://webexhibits.org/colorart/ (luminance, impressionism) Wonderful site that looks at color vision and art including topics such as perception, periferal vision, and how the eye can perceive color. Many interactive applets throughout the site—easy to walk through, not bogged down by text

http://www.explorelearning.com/ (login, get gizmos, browse catalog, physics, waves sound light, launch gizmo) In Science (Waves, Sound, Light) section--many "gizmos" to show additive and subtractive color, etc. Must sign up for a 30 day trial subscription.

http://www.fxpal.com/people/foote/interactive/hacks/colorinteraction1.html Josef Albers color interaction demonstrates perception of colors

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/index.html (primary colors, primary subtractive colors) Molecular Expressions is maintained by Florida State University and offers a lot of information on Light and Color through text, images, and Interactive Java Tutorials

http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/ Drawing in One-Point Perspective by Harold Olejarz, an interactive lesson on the basics of one-point perspective.

Places with good research sites:

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

(http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/about/collaborators.html, www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits, www.exploratorium.edu/traits)

http://www.media.mit.edu/research/index.html

http://www.mrl.nyu.edu/

Bibliography

Vision and Art : The Biology of Seeing/ Margaret S. Livingstone
Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte/ Robert L. Herbert
**Art and Science /Eliane Staosberg
The Science of Paintings/ Richard Newman, W. Stanley Taft, Dusan Stulik, James W. Mayer, Peter Ian Kuniholm
Molecules at an exhibition: portraits of intriguing materials in everyday life/ John Emsley

Art & Physics/ Leonard Shlain (http://www.artandphysics.com/synopsis.html)

Resource designed for teachers on Chemistry in Art made by the Royal Society of Chemistry in collaboration with the National Gallery of London (http://www.rsc.org/is/books/art.htm)

Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science/ by Martin Kemp

Seen and Unseen: Art and Science from a Different Perspective/ Martin Kemp

Artists’ Pigments. A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, Vol. 2: A. Roy (Ed.)

Physics for Architects—a Physics textbook designed for architecture students written by a professor at Howard University. (http://www.physicsforarchitects.com/modules.php?name=Preface)

Math Dance / Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern (http://www.mathdance.org/)

Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now/ Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace

The Heritage of Giotto's Geometry: Art and Science on the Eve of Scientific Revolution/ Samuel Y. Edgerton

The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing/ James Elkins

How to Use Your Eye/ James Elkins

What Painting Is/ James Elkins

Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain/ Semir Zeki

Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci/ Bulent Atalay

Colour : Art and Science (Darwin College Lectures)/ Trevor Lamb (Editor), Janine Bourriau (Editor)

Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye/ Rudolf Arnheim

Other good sites:

http://www3.ltu.edu/~natsci/physics/cphys2lab.shtml Course entitled "Physics for Architecture" at Lawrence Technological University—good links from this page to “Online Help Pages” which are guides for students related to different labs. (online help pages with pictures)

http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem&Art/default.html Course entitled "Chemistry and Art" taught at Sewanee, The University of the South since 1993. Website includes laboratories related to different fine arts. (online help pages with pictures for labs)

http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/goldslide/jbgoldslide.htm The Golden Section in Art and Architecture complete with images and captions

http://www.howardcc.edu/math/BG's%20Stuff/mathematics_inspires_art.htm Links about how mathematics has inspired art. Some links are related to older science and art (not modern). Good powerpoint presentation from Howard Community College at top of site with many images, etc.

http://mtcs.truman.edu/~thammond/history/Art.html Mathematics and the Liberal Arts lists different references with commentary for research in different topics and their relationship to math. Topics include: art, architecture, music, etc. Truman State University

http://www.colour-affects.demon.co.uk/ Color psychology with information on the psychological properties of colors.

http://www.opticsforkids.org/ From the Optical Society of America--the Vision and color section provides interactive applets, resource page and educational resources also useful

http://www.chromaticity.com/OnSite.html "Color Playground" by a printing company with a few small interactive applets to show how color works.

http://physics.mtsu.edu/~wmr/P160_open.htm "Physics of Music" at Middle Tennessee State University

http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/biology/bioart/syllabus/printableversion.html "Biology through Art" at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

http://www.middleburycampus.com/news/2004/01/29/Arts/Where.Bohr.Meets.Ballet.The.Dance.Of.Physics-590585.shtml Middlebury College’s interdepartmental course called “The Dance of Physics”

http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/uses-math/music/ "Math and Music" at Northern Illinois University

http://www.math.uga.edu/~djb/html/math-music.html “Math and Music" at the University of Georgia.

http://www.cfm.brown.edu/people/dupuis/classes/am9/Mathematicsofmusic.html “Math of Music" at Brown University

http://www.math.iupui.edu/m290/ IUPUI’s "Mathematics and Art" LOTS OF PDF

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.shtml “Mathematics in Art and Architecture” at the National University of Singapore. HYPERTEXTING EVERYTHING

http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/space2.html Perspective lesson as part of course entitled “Design and Composition” at Palomar College

A(T)R Sepember 27, 2004

Resources for “Science and Art” Course Development

Mariah E. Klaneski ’04, Prof. David L. Beveridge

This presentation is to summarize the work of last summer on this subject and is supported by the 2GFYI Grant of Profs. David Beveridge and Brian Fay.

http://dbeveridge.web.wesleyan.edu/sciart (or http://mklaneski.web.wesleyan.edu/sciart)

Best Links:

Interdisciplinary programs:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/students/sciarttech (topics, lesson plans) Course by The Art Institute of Chicago entitled "Science, Art, and Technology" offered to science teachers in Chicago Public Schools.

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/index.html (electronic bookshelf, art, geometry in art and arch, syllabus, early 20th c art) Mathematics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College.

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/mac/ Math Across the Curriculum at Mt Holyoke College

Courses with good websites:

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/%7Ematc/math5.geometry/ (syllabus, early 20th c art) Geometry in Art and Architecture at Dartmouth College as part of their Mathematics Across the Curriculum program. Good information in Syllabus.

http://www.physics.hku.hk/~tboyce/ap/art_phys.html (course, lecture presentations) Course entitled "Art and Physics" taught at the University of Hong Kong. The course uses Shlain's book as its text and has fabulous Power Points, assignments and examinations.

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/class/85HC_Gruner/ (divine proportion, hypertext) Course entitled "Concepts in Physics, Notions in Art" taught at UCLA. Website contains course syllabus with links to a hypertext version of the topics.

Sites with good interactive elements for teaching/learning:

http://webexhibits.org/pigments/ Fabulous site that discusses paint through the ages and gives specific information about the chemical properties and origins of a long list of colors.

http://webexhibits.org/colorart/ (luminance, impressionism) Wonderful site that looks at color vision and art including topics such as perception, periferal vision, and how the eye can perceive color. Many interactive applets throughout the site—easy to walk through, not bogged down by text

http://www.explorelearning.com/ (login, get gizmos, browse catalog, physics, waves sound light, launch gizmo) In Science (Waves, Sound, Light) section--many "gizmos" to show additive and subtractive color, etc. Must sign up for a 30 day trial subscription.

http://www.fxpal.com/people/foote/interactive/hacks/colorinteraction1.html Josef Albers color interaction demonstrates perception of colors

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/index.html (primary colors, primary subtractive colors) Molecular Expressions is maintained by Florida State University and offers a lot of information on Light and Color through text, images, and Interactive Java Tutorials

http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/ Drawing in One-Point Perspective by Harold Olejarz, an interactive lesson on the basics of one-point perspective.

Places with good research sites:

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

(http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/about/collaborators.html, www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits, www.exploratorium.edu/traits)

http://www.media.mit.edu/research/index.html

http://www.mrl.nyu.edu/

Bibliography

Art & Physics/ Leonard Shlain (http://www.artandphysics.com/synopsis.html)

Resource designed for teachers on Chemistry in Art made by the Royal Society of Chemistry in collaboration with the National Gallery of London (http://www.rsc.org/is/books/art.htm)

Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science/ by Martin Kemp

Seen and Unseen: Art and Science from a Different Perspective/ Martin Kemp

Artists’ Pigments. A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, Vol. 2: A. Roy (Ed.)

Physics for Architects—a Physics textbook designed for architecture students written by a professor at Howard University. (http://www.physicsforarchitects.com/modules.php?name=Preface)

Math Dance / Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern (http://www.mathdance.org/)

Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now/ Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace

The Heritage of Giotto's Geometry: Art and Science on the Eve of Scientific Revolution/ Samuel Y. Edgerton

The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing/ James Elkins

How to Use Your Eye/ James Elkins

What Painting Is/ James Elkins

Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain/ Semir Zeki

Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci/ Bulent Atalay

Colour : Art and Science (Darwin College Lectures)/ Trevor Lamb (Editor), Janine Bourriau (Editor)

Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye/ Rudolf Arnheim

Other good sites:

http://www3.ltu.edu/~natsci/physics/cphys2lab.shtml Course entitled "Physics for Architecture" at Lawrence Technological University—good links from this page to “Online Help Pages” which are guides for students related to different labs. (online help pages with pictures)

http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem&Art/default.html Course entitled "Chemistry and Art" taught at Sewanee, The University of the South since 1993. Website includes laboratories related to different fine arts. (online help pages with pictures for labs)

http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/goldslide/jbgoldslide.htm The Golden Section in Art and Architecture complete with images and captions

http://www.howardcc.edu/math/BG's%20Stuff/mathematics_inspires_art.htm Links about how mathematics has inspired art. Some links are related to older science and art (not modern). Good powerpoint presentation from Howard Community College at top of site with many images, etc.

http://mtcs.truman.edu/~thammond/history/Art.html Mathematics and the Liberal Arts lists different references with commentary for research in different topics and their relationship to math. Topics include: art, architecture, music, etc. Truman State University

http://www.colour-affects.demon.co.uk/ Color psychology with information on the psychological properties of colors.

http://www.opticsforkids.org/ From the Optical Society of America--the Vision and color section provides interactive applets, resource page and educational resources also useful

http://www.chromaticity.com/OnSite.html "Color Playground" by a printing company with a few small interactive applets to show how color works.

http://physics.mtsu.edu/~wmr/P160_open.htm "Physics of Music" at Middle Tennessee State University

http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/biology/bioart/syllabus/printableversion.html "Biology through Art" at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

http://www.middleburycampus.com/news/2004/01/29/Arts/Where.Bohr.Meets.Ballet.The.Dance.Of.Physics-590585.shtml Middlebury College’s interdepartmental course called “The Dance of Physics”

http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/uses-math/music/ "Math and Music" at Northern Illinois University

http://www.math.uga.edu/~djb/html/math-music.html “Math and Music" at the University of Georgia.

http://www.cfm.brown.edu/people/dupuis/classes/am9/Mathematicsofmusic.html “Math of Music" at Brown University

http://www.math.iupui.edu/m290/ IUPUI’s "Mathematics and Art" LOTS OF PDF

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.shtml “Mathematics in Art and Architecture” at the National University of Singapore. HYPERTEXTING EVERYTHING

http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/space2.html Perspective lesson as part of course entitled “Design and Composition” at Palomar College

http://www.artic.edu/aic/students/sciarttech (topics, lesson plans)
Course by The Art Institute of Chicago entitled "Science, Art, and Technology" offered to science teachers in Chicago Public Schools.

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/index.html (electronic bookshelf, art, geometry in art and arch, syllabus, early 20th c art)
Mathematics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College.