The
contributions of science and technology to the art of painting have been
incalculable. They can be seen in the composition of the stuff of painting --
the paints, the papers, the canvasses -- the preservation of paintings, and
even where painting takes place, since it was the development of the tube that
allowed painters to port their paints into the open air -- a shift of venue
that provided the impetus for the Impressionist movement.
Not content with simply accepting these munificent contributions,
the painters have also seized upon Science and Technology as subjects for their
works.
We've assembled two dozen of these
works to show here. They have been divided into seven categories. You can jump
to a category by clicking on a topic title; you can reach an artist by clicking
on a name; or you can see everything in sequence by just scrolling
down.
To those of you who came to us by
way of a browser search for a particular artist: you'll find much else of
interest on our site --
You might particularly enjoy the snapshots
in the Archives and the Junior Academy pages (both under Activities and Events)
and, of course, the Membership
application (under Organization).
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PORTRAITS
Ilya
Repin: Portrait of Mendeleyev
Albert Edelfelt:
Louis Pasteur
David Martin: Benjamin Franklin
Andy Warhol: Albert Einstein
William
Blake: Sir Isaac Newton [a truly ditzy portrait]
Max
Ernst: Euclid [ditzier yet]
COMICS
Churchman's cigarette
ad
Maxfield Parrish: Wond'rous Wise Man
Unknown: The Scientific Simpleton
AUGUST
BODIES
Henri Testalin:
Audience with Louis XIV. Colbert presenting the members of the Royal
Academie
DOING
SCIENCE
Gerard Dou: Astronomer by
Candlelight
Henry Stacy Marks: The Great Auk's
Egg
Jan Vermeer: The Geographer
Joseph Wright: Experiment with the Air Pump
Randy Dudley: Verifying Dissonant Statistics
Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic
THE MODERNS LOOK AT
SCIENCE
Karen Kunc: Ancient
Geology
Roy Lichtenstein: Peace through
Chemistry
Walter Valentini: Lo Spazio, Il
Tempo
SCIENCE AS
MAGIC
Adraen Van Ostade: An
Alchemist
Jan Steen: Village Alchemist
Bela Lugosi as Dr. Marlowe
Wood: The Alchemist's Dilemma
AND THE GUY WHO DID IT
ALL
Leonardo Da Vinci:
Drawing of a woman's torso |
