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“Study the science of art and the art of science.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci: "Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses and especially, learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else" and "only through experimentation can we know anything."

Science is the king of art subjects. It is the art of inventions, discoveries, innovations and gaining more knowledge.

"Science is the new art".

Science-art: selling art to scientists and science to artists.

Education is all about learning all those you want to learn and applying wherever possible.

Albert Einstein’s quote — “the greatest scientists are artists as well”.

Science has always relied on visual representation to convey key concepts.

‘If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it.’ - Albert Einstein

Math is undeniably artistic

An interdisciplinary researcher must face the challenge of being proficient in two (or multiple) different research areas! Not only must s/he be familiar with key principles and methodology in each area, but also understand baseless "biases" and "dogmas" that are a result of inbreeding, and struggle to fight these, as new knowledge emerges from her/his research. An unenviable task indeed! The pointlessness of evaluating such researchers work with conventional metrics should be aptly emphasized.

“The best scientists, engineers and mathematicians are incredibly creative in their approaches to problem-solving and application development”.

"Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her." – Jacob Bronowski

In scientia veritas, in arte honestas — in science truth, in art honor

E.W. Sinnot, the American biologist and philosopher: "Stored images in the mind are the basis for new creative ideas."

Science based art and literature : communicating complexity through simplicity - Krishna

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
--Physicist and Violinist Albert Einstein

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything by Anonymous

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art - Will Durant

Life itself is a beautiful interaction between art and science. You can't escape it! - Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa

"The Science of Art is like putting a microphone to the whispers of creativity that echo through the halls of every research laboratory fused with the late night musings of the artists in their studios" - Sachi DeCou

“Every Science begins as Philosophy and ends as Art, it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement”- Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy

Scientists can be artists as well, while they submit their academic papers, and theses they often draw their own illustrations!

Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.
-Eckhart Tolle

Science has enabled the kind of art we’ve never before seen.

Without the arts, science is hobbled. Without science, art is static.

John Maeda wrote of Leonardo da Vinci’s observations that art is the queen of science.

“Science is as much cultural as art is cultural,”

Art is science made clear (what!).

"The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle.

Science is a search for answers, based on logic, rationality and verification. Its workplace is the laboratory.

In contrast, art is a search for questions, based on intuition, feeling and speculation. Its workplace is the studio.

DaVinci himself said, "Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. "
"Art is the heart's explosion on the world. Music. Dance. Poetry. Art on canvas, on walls, on our skins. There is probably no more powerful force for change in this uncertain and crisis-ridden world than young people and their art. It is the consciousness of the world breaking away from the strangle grip of an archaic social order." - Luis J. Rodriguez.

For Dawkins, understanding the science behind natural phenomena (and sometimes being reminded of how much more we have yet to learn or discover) can still make our encounters with them sublime. From this point of view, science is the champion of artistic creativity, not its enemy.

"Scientists and artists are both trying to get a better understanding of the world around us, but they are doing it through different lenses,"

It takes many skills to achieve truly remarkable things. A diverse view to solving problems is best.

You need a deep understanding of science to actually manipulate concepts in novel ways and get creative in science - Krishna

"If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint ... and that voice will be silenced, but only by working."
-- Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883.

"The line between art and science is a thin one, and it waves back and forth”

"One of the most common misconceptions about science is that it isn't creative — that it is inflexible, prescribed or boring. Actually, creativity is a crucial part of how we do science"!

"All knowledge has its origins in perception." Da Vinci.

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it; and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful." Jules Henri Poincare

The beauty of art lies in the inimitable creativity of the artist and in the interpretation of the beholder.

"Artists see things one way and scientists another and the really interesting thing is in what's in between."

Einstein’s support of artistic endeavors is both well-known and well-documented.

“The greatest scientists are artists as well,” he once said.

Atul Dodiya (Indian Artist) : Life is beautiful as a painter. Changing colour, observing life and paying attention to every detail that we’re exposed to, and then giving our own vision to it… Nothing gives me more joy.

Art : You accomplish a task that is called art as there is no specific postulates or guidelines.

Science : You do the work with a set of guidelines.

"Change and risk-taking are normal aspects of the creative process. They are the lubricants that keep the wheels in motion. A creative act is not necessarily something that has never been done; it is something you have never done."
-- Nita Leland in The Creative Artis

Pablo Picasso once said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." All creative artists build upon the work established by the masters before them. ( Not me!- Krishna)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep – Scott Adams

‘Art makes science come alive for students’

Albert Einstein - “The greatest scientists are artists as well”.

“ Science art shows some of the incredible natural beauty that researchers in life sciences see every day in their work.”

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 14, 2013 at 12:52pm: http://www.universetoday.com/99424/a-moon-with-two-suns-making-art-...

A Moon With Two Suns: Making Art from Science

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 14, 2013 at 12:50pm: Science is art in Va. Tech exhibit

http://www.roanoke.com/extra/arts/wb/318869

Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is putting on an art show.

"The Art of Science," which opens Monday in the university's Armory Art Gallery, aims to show how the microscopic images scientists generate in the course of their research can double as works of art.

The photographs look like abstract art but also in many instances represent some phenomenon in nature that's being captured visually for the first time.

Narrating a video of slides that accompanies the show, associate professor Justin Barone with the Department of Biological Systems Engineering puts it this way: "These aren't just microscopic images. They're easels that paint a story."

Barone's own contribution is a black-and-white photo of objects that resemble clusters of rose petals.

What they are, in fact, are sheets of protein molecules. Scientists understand how molecules are formed, but "what we don't understand is how nature puts molecules together to build stuff."

In the laboratory, Barone was able to create the sheets and get them to curl up into tubes, and the photo captures that process in progress.

"The tube is what we want because nature can use those" - for example, as blood vessels, he said.

One of the ultimate purposes of Barone's research is to create biodegradable building materials that could be substituted for plastics.

Other images in the show, resembling colorful abstract paintings, turn out to depict mouse brain cells, fungus, pig blood vessels, heifer mammary tissue, shrimp internal organs, tobacco plant cells and the first-ever publicly released image of a tiny beetle. The images result from efforts by the faculty to better understand plant, animal and human health problems and make improvements to agricultural industries.

"We wanted to expose the public, students and other researchers to the creative work our faculty members are doing, and these images are an approachable and fascinating way to teach people about our research," said Saied Mostaghimi, associate dean of research and academics for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

"Art is something that surprises us, that makes us think," said gallery curator Deb Sim. She said that when she saw the images, "there were questions and surprises and that's where it becomes art for me."

The Armory Art Gallery, 203 Draper Road, is open noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. "The Art of Science" will be on display through Jan. 31. For more information, call 231-5417 or visit www.cals.vt.edu.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 11, 2013 at 8:23am: http://www.bangkokpost.com/arts-and-culture/art/330291/where-art-an...
Where art and science collide

A thrilling encounter between the worlds of contemporary art and science will be realised in Survival Games. The performance will be staged at Pridi Banomyong Institute's main auditorium from today until Monday and again from Jan 17 to 21 at 8pm.

Wellcome Collection (part of the Wellcome Trust, a UK-based global charitable foundation) has commissioned six artists-in-residence in six countries to produce works inspired by local scientific research.

One of them is B-Floor Theatre, Thailand's vanguard contemporary theatre company, and their performance is titled Survival Games.

After having investigated the work of malaria and melioidosis researchers at the Wellcome Trust Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (Moru), B-Floor will present their latest creation on the endless battle between humans and ever-mutating diseases and the survival instincts of both.

Survival Games is directed by Teerawat Mulvilai and Nana Dakin, two B-Floor directors whose works have been critically acclaimed in Thailand and abroad. It boasts a cast of veteran stage performers and also features the innovative contemporary Thai shadow puppetry of The Wandering Moon troupe.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 11, 2013 at 8:10am: http://www.opb.org/news/article/stem-to-steam-uses-art-to-teach-sci...

'STEM To STEAM' Uses Art To Teach Science Skills

Comment by mark.e.gould on January 8, 2013 at 9:18am: I am posting to say hello and to wish you all a happy new year. Thank you for all of the wonderful continued postings, Krishna!

Regarding your post about "ARENA 1 Gallery will present Infinity +1, part 1, which will open on January 12 and run through February 9, 2013. Mitra Fabian, Debra Greene, Robert Strati and Casey Reas create works that flirt with the idea that infinity can be made tangible. Using tools of science like computer software or invented rules that are based on science but are in fact fake, these artists employ similar processes of repeated patterns to investigate infinite outcomes. Curator Christine Duval envisions this as the first of a series that will explore various aspects of infinity."

I was excited to read about the involvement in this exhibition by Casy Reas, a name who is familiar to me. Reas (on twitter) and Ben Fry wrote the visual and media rich Processing programming language for artists, musicians, graphic designers, data visualization researchers, scientific researchers.. anyone can take advantage of Processing as you could see in these exhibits. Every year I open Processing and paste in somebody's sample code; maybe this will be the year that I learn it!

Best Regards,

Mark

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 8, 2013 at 7:03am: ScienceOnline Science-Art Show
Call for entries:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2013/01/06/sciart-at...

Comment by Phillip H George on January 8, 2013 at 1:08am: Great Articles Well Done, Bravo!
Thank You Very Much!
Best Wishes To Everyone And Good Luck Within This New Year!

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on January 6, 2013 at 8:27am: http://stillwater.patch.com/articles/sen-al-franken-to-celebrate-ar...

Sen. Al Franken to Celebrate Art & Science at Stillwater's Da Vinci Fest

DaVinci Fest—a collection of more than 500 art, science and technology projects displayed by students in grades 4 through 12—takes place from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 at Stillwater Area High School.