13th international digital print exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaborations and held at the New York Hall of Science Sept.3, 2011 – February 5, 2012 Reception: Oct.2, 2011 (3-5pm) It’s not often that a noted author is comfortable writing about both art and science. Philip Ball, who was an editor at NATURE magazine for 20-years, is just such [...]
Archive of posts tagged Chemistry
Exhibition: The Magic and Myth of Alchemy
The Lloyd Library and Museum proudly announces a new online exhibit: The Magic and Myth of Alchemy (http://www.lloydlibrary.org/exhibits/alchemy/index.html), created in honor of the International Year of Chemistry, an event celebrated by chemists and chemistry associations throughout 2011. While the Lloyd does not hold the most ancient treatises from Asia or the Middle East, the Lloyd holds a wealth of materials from [...]
Ann: Visualising Matter: The Graphic Teaching Tools of Chemistry in the Age of Revolution
Small Exhibition Royal Society of London, Carleton House 12 July – 31 August http://royalsociety.org During the late eighteenth-century chemistry emerged as a cutting-edge scientific discipline in Europe. This intellectual ascent was sparked by the rise of medical chemistry, mining academies, the industrial revolution and the discovery that air was not a singular substance. Indeed, the isolation of carbon dioxide, [...]
Article: French scientists crack secrets of Mona Lisa
San Francisco Chronicle: Full article here ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press, 07/16/10 The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the “Mona Lisa.” French researchers studied seven of the Louvre Museum’s Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the “Mona Lisa,” to analyze the master’s use of successive ultrathin [...]
Old Masters and Modern Science
I do not post as much as I would like to these days, but do feel compelled to note this recent review by Michael Kimmelman in today’s New York Times, titled Old Masters and Modern Science. It looks at an exhibition at the National Gallery in London about the chemistry of painting. According to Kimmelman, [...]
