On Art And Science: Tango Of An Eternally Inseparable Duo

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Einstein once remarked "After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well". In this volume, some of the world’s leading thinkers come together to expound on the interrelations between sciences and arts. While one can segregate art and place it outside the scientific realm, it is, nevertheless, inextricably linked to our essential cognitive/emotional/perceptual modalities and abilities, and therefore lies alongside and in close contact with the method of science and philosophy. What inspiration can scientists draw from art and how can scientific spirit foster our understanding and creation of aesthetic works? How are art and science grounded in our cognition? What role does perception play in science and art? Are criteria for beauty in art and science the same? How does evolution shape our understanding of art? How do science, art and scientifico-artistic frameworks shape society as a whole and help us address its pressing issues? The epistemological and ontological aspects haunt artists, philosophers and scientists alike. The essays in this volume address these manifold questions while also elucidating the pragmatic role they play in our daily life. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Art and Science: A Tangled Relation (James W. McAllister)....Pages 1-10 Art and Science: Historical Confluences and Modern Dialectics (Nader El-Bizri)....Pages 11-30 Art, Science, and the Nature of the Meritorious (Mark Daniel Cohen)....Pages 31-52 Aesthetic Agency: Why Art Might Matter to Philosophy (Charles F. Altieri)....Pages 53-66 The Birth of Modernism: How the Science of Aesthetics Created One of the Most Popular Periods of Art (Barbara Larson)....Pages 67-79 Panofsky as an Epistemologist (Nathalie Heinich)....Pages 81-85 Art and Science in the Thinking of Rudolf Arnheim (Ian Verstegen)....Pages 87-100 Interpreting Scientific Images: Aesthetic Considerations at Work (Otávio Bueno)....Pages 101-115 Complexity and Chaos Theory in Art (Jay Kappraff)....Pages 117-138 The View Through Glass (Rossella Lupacchini)....Pages 139-156 Finally Fresh Air: Towards a Quantum Paradigm for Artists and Other Observers (Julian Voss-Andreae, George Weissmann)....Pages 157-179 Of Barrels and Pipes: Representation-as in Art and Science (Roman Frigg, James Nguyen)....Pages 181-202 Field Experiences: Fundamental Science and Research in the Arts (Mónica Bello)....Pages 203-221 A Psychohistorical Philosophy for the Science of the Arts (Nicolas J. Bullot)....Pages 223-245 Lines and Boxes: The Geometry of Thought (Barbara Tversky)....Pages 247-251 Some Ecological Thoughts About Artworks and Perception (William P. Seeley)....Pages 253-265 Popular Art, Bad Art, and the Data of Philosophical Aesthetics (Jonathan Robson)....Pages 267-277 Figurines and the Origin of Art (Nancy E. Aiken)....Pages 279-290 Mathematics and Art Connections Expressed in Artworks by South African Students (Kristóf Fenyvesi, Christopher Brownell, Pamela Burnard, Pallawi Sinha, Werner Olivier, Catherina Steyn et al.)....Pages 291-312 The Sinai Light Show: Using Science to Tune Fractal Aesthetics (B. Van Dusen, B. C. Scannell, M. E. Sereno, B. Spehar, R. P. Taylor)....Pages 313-333 Art as an Aid to Resolve Tension (Ghosh Raghunath)....Pages 335-348 Back Matter ....Pages 349-359