The Scientific Revolution in Art

In the continuing spirit of narrowing the gap between the “two cultures,” this essay illustrates, quite literally through representative works of Western art, the striking parallels between the visual arts and the discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution, the period between Copernicus’s 154...

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Published inPhysics in perspective Vol. 23; no. 2-3; pp. 139 - 169
Main Author Fleck, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
art–science connections
History of science
scientific revolution
art history
history of physics
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Summary:In the continuing spirit of narrowing the gap between the “two cultures,” this essay illustrates, quite literally through representative works of Western art, the striking parallels between the visual arts and the discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution, the period between Copernicus’s 1543 De revolutionibus and Newton’s 1687 Principia when the foundations of modern science swept away the scientific heritage of the ancient and medieval worldviews, a period that, though underrepresented in art–science studies, marked the birth of the modern mind and, indeed, the modern world.
ISSN:1422-6944
1422-6960
DOI:10.1007/s00016-021-00274-4