ART_GNRL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Surrealism, Yayoi Kusama, Georges Seurat
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Science in art: physiology: a science that studies the workings of the body and it"s organs. Vitruvian man by leonardo de vinci: this work shows the artist"s interest in the proportions of the human body. An experiment on a bird in the air pump by joseph wright: this work shows a scientist demonstrating the creation of a vacuum. The basketball player by gunther can haggens: the artist used his knowledge of anatomy and science to create this work. Girl before a mirror by picasso: an x-ray of this work shows how the artist changed his original concept. Sistine chapel by michelangelo: the cleaning of this work took twice as long as it took michelangelo to paint it, psychology: a science that studies nature, development, and the human kind. Flag by jasper johns: the artist makes us take a second look at familiar subjects in this piece, surrealism: in the 1920"s, the artistic movement was inspired by dreams and the subconscious.
