NATS 1750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Filippo Brunelleschi, Nicolaus Copernicus, Vitruvian Man
2 Apr 2016
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Art and science in the renascence: vitruvian man; di vinci, known as the prefect man. Because the figure is perfectly fitted in the square shows the perfect proportion of the human. Ideal of human to mathematics, how is it that mathematics captures the element and humans of the world? (cid:1) Shows us the interconnection between art and science; art is subjective and requires imagination and this is supposed to be the opposite of science which is rigorous and objective. (cid:1) Why when art and science were so closely related in the renaissance why are they are so far apart? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Two themes today: role of science in artistic representation, role of visual representation in science. Second issue how scientific representation of the world and nature. Renaissance (1350-1600) : means rebirth we focus on the period of.
