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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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SMALLab: Blending disciplines, firing up students

Officially founded in 2010, SMALLab Learning’s title project (which stands for Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Laboratory) had been in the works for several years prior. Dr. David Birchfield led a collaborative team of nine co-inventors and twelve contributors at Arizona State University. The group included designers, educators, and researchers from disciplines as diverse as performing arts and computer science, among many others.

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Drawing Out the Artist in Science Students, science teacher Al Camacho, mechanical engineering professor Gary Benenson and Patricia Rosas-Colin, a graduate student in mathematics education have an answer to this dilemma. Their answer is quite simply, teach these students how to draw.

Not in an assertive “Draw or else!” sort of way, of course. But in a way that encourages them to become visual thinkers.

In their paper, the authors present five exercises designed to make students thoughtful and inquiring observers. Here I provide only a one-line description of each exercise. For all the juicy details, please see their paper.

In Camacho et al. (2012), you’ll find exercises about:

Sci-a-grams: What are they and how they can be used to demonstrate the value of simple sketches.
Basic Shapes – How to see shapes in everyday objects
Creating with Basic Shapes – How to create representational images
Information Through Labels – An exercise in communicating information
Diagram Design – An exercise in explaining how things work

To obtain a copy of Camacho et al. (2012), you can buy this article online from the National Science Teachers Association .

Camacho, Al and Gary Benenson, Carmen Patricia Rosas-Colin. 2012. Drawing out the artist in science students. Science and Children. 50(3): 68-73.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on November 18, 2012 at 9:33am: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/2012/11/16/from-dar...

From Dark Matter to Hiccups, 75 Artists Explore Mysteries of Science

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on November 18, 2012 at 9:31am: http://news.yahoo.com/science-turns-earths-atmosphere-art-video-203...

Science Turns the Earth's Atmosphere Into Art

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Combining philosophy and biology on the canvas

Karachi(Pakistan)

Structuralism, semiotics and semantics. These have become the indispensable theoretical fields which strengthen Paul-Mehdi Rizvi’s personal artistic discourse, vastly expanding the territory in which he finds inspiration.

An exhibition presenting Rizvi’s work, “Manifesto of Nomadism”, recently kicked off at ArtChowk the Gallery. It will continue till November 30.

His art seems to be a collective product of his philosophy derived from Ferdinand de Saussure’s work, articulating society via symbolism in both his paintings and installations.

Hence, it was a difficult task to make the artist’s philosophy digestible for the laymen.

Rizvi’s work is soundly backed by an intricate and intense philosophical understanding, interspersed with an insight into biology, which in many cases is lacking within our contemporary art scene. He creates his own vocabulary using ideas and objects that surround him, like the brightly coloured meccanos and beads he found at Khori Garden, turning them into a medium of expression on canvas in his “Meiotic series and Mitochondrion” and installation “Karachi Mon AmourHomage to Khori Gardens”.

Rizvi’s background in medicine shines through the titles, “Black RNA” and “Red RNA”, which depict the process of cell division via mixed media on paper.

“Vision Serpent composite”, mixed media on canvas, a part of the “Demonic White series”, is the portrayal of fear, next to the royal lady piercing her tongue with a thread adorned with blades. Once again visible are the coloured beads and fish wire that give the painting the depth of a three dimensional object.

Usman Mujtaba, a first-time visitor at an art gallery, said despite the fact that this was his first-ever visit to an art exhibition, he looked forward to understanding more about the art and philosophy involved, especially in the local context.

“Even if art is not much accessible to the masses yet, it seems to be providing a breather to the populace within the restricting environment of our country,” he observed.

Rizvi has lived and studied over extensive periods of time, in both England and Pakistan. He has experimented in photography, videography and graphic design. Not only has he directed films, but also ventured into web designing.

Apart from the exhibition, there was a discussion about the connection between the written Manifesto of Nomadism and the art work scheduled for November 16. However, due to the law and order situation in the city and the lack of cell phone services, it was postponed to November 19 at 5pm.

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The art of the brick in science museum

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'Morbid Anatomy Anthology'

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- A new four-year program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks “blends the art, biology and physics of color into a series of summer academies, science cafes and activity kits designed to inspire art-interested students to enter careers in science,” according to a news release from UAF.

Girls are the target of the new program.

“Research suggests that girls who gravitate toward art often have strong visual-spatial abilities that would serve them well in science careers,” said Laura Conner, project leader and director of outreach for the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics.

“If you can connect them to science at an age when their own larger identity is developing, it’s more likely that their interest in science will continue through life.”

The program is called “Project STEAM: Integrating art with science to build science identities among girls.”

http://uafcornerstone.net/new-uaf-program-draws-young-artists-into-...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on November 17, 2012 at 11:37am: http://planetsave.com/2012/11/16/art-science-dancers-help-scientist...

Art + Science – Dancers Help Scientist Visualize Molecular Motion Inside Cells

Inside our cells, a continuous and violent molecular dance ensues; molecules are constantly banging and bumping into each other, and, in so doing, they prime themselves for a myriad of complex chemical reactions.

Understanding the dynamics of this “ballet” is fundamental to developing biomedical techniques and technologies that would probe and modify such dynamics for therapeutic ends.

In this age of rapid advances in imaging technologies like fMRI, numerous forms of tomography (PET, PAT, CT, etc), it may seem surprising that scientists would utilize something decidedly “low tech” to help them “see” inside our cells. It is even more surprising (at first glance) for a scientist to utilize one of human culture’s oldest art forms: dance.

But that is exactly what biomedical engineer David Odde (University of Minnesota) has done in teaming up with choreographer Carl Fink (also of the U of Minn., Twin Cities) and his troupe Black Label Movement in their “body-storming” collaboration called The Moving Cell Project.