Resources for online research
- Alvin Ailey
- Art History Resources on the Web
- Classical Music Link
- Culture NOW
- Image Collections and Online Art
- Met Museum online resources
- Metropolitan Opera
- New York Times – Arts
- SmART History
- The WWW Virtual Library: History of Art
- Thirteen – Sunday Arts
- UC Berkeley – Art History Resources
- Voices of the Shuttle
- WNYC – Arts and Ideas
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Representations with Science and Art
Albert Einstein, who needs no introduction, once remarked that “it would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave … Continue reading
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Science or Art?
In pursuing a form to replicate our understanding of the world, more often than not we choose science over the arts. Essentially, science is knowledge of our surroundings. This knowledge is obtained and tested through a specific scientific method that … Continue reading
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Science versus Art
The sciences offer people concrete explanations of the “structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observations and experiments” (American Heritage). We tend to choose the sciences over the arts for that very reason. Science is able to … Continue reading
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12/1 Assignment
Post: “Measurement is always imperfect, and explanations are easy to invent”. (Lehrer, Proust was a Neuroscientist, p.3) In pursuing a form to replicate our understanding of the world around us why do we chose the sciences over the arts? Are … Continue reading
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