Art Alive! With Science

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Experience how art meets science, featuring 18 different activities! From cave paintings to today's advanced tech - meet the innovative artists behind the works and discover their incredible techniques.

Get creative for the summer holidays! In Art Alive! with Science, award-winning author Mary Auld explores moments from art history that have expanded our understanding of the way things work, such as the beautiful balance of forces in kinetic sculpture, the interplay of light and shadow in painting and puppetry and how Op Art tricks our brains and plays with our senses.

Following each case study of astounding innovation, there is a creative project that applies the scientific learning to the reader's own art practice. The unique art style of illustrator Sue Downing is sure to draw in young artists, especially alongside the photos of each artist's work and contribution to the timeline of innovation. Perfect for children age 8 and up

Artists and science principles inside include:
Introduction: Artists and scientists from cave painting to bronze casting
The art of anatomy with Myron's Discobolus (Discus Thrower)
The science of illustration with Hildegard of Bingen and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
The fantasy of flight with Leonardo da Vinci
The drama of light with Caravaggio's chiaroscuro and wayang kulit shadow puppetry
The art of nature with Ustad Mansur and Maria Sibylla Merian
The image in perspective with Johannes Vermeer's The Geographer
The science of clouds with Luke Howard, Caspar David Friedrich and John Constable
The sense of colour with expressionism and pointillism
The structure of flowers with Georgia O'Keeffe
The energy of sound with Paul Klee's Polyphony
The balance of forces with Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures
The art of astronomy with Galileo, Lucien Rudaux and NASA
The art of light with Pablo Picasso, Gjon Mili and their famous light drawing collaboration
The art of illusion with Marina Apollonio
The science of materials with Anish Kapoor
The structures of life with Dorothy Hodgkin and Conrad Shawcross
The reactions of chemistry with Cai Guo-Qiang's explosion events
The dimension of time with Jen's Stark's fascinating and mathematical 30 Cubed