#science-and-art

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fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Joseph Wright of Derby's Candlelit World

Joseph Wright of Derby uses extreme tenebrism to dramatize scientific experiments, portraying moments of intellectual and moral revelation in nocturnal scenes.
Science
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

Ernst Haeckel's Sublime Drawings of Flora & Fauna: The Beautiful Scientific Drawings That Influenced Europe's Art Nouveau Movement (1889)

Science and philosophy were historically intertwined, with scientists often skilled in arts, contributing to terminology, taxonomy, and artistic scientific depictions.
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