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The intersection between art and medicine has been something that has existed since the existence of early civilizations—such as the Greeks or the Egyptians. In her lectures, Professor Vesna explains the progressions of this intersection and how it has helped develop the medical field by adding technological advancements to it in addition to contributing to the arts community. From the Greeks and their dissections of the human body to the mummification practices of the early Egyptians and their preservation of organs from the corpse, these methods have jumpstarted inspirations for early artists in regards to the topic of human anatomy. Egyptian Mummification Process The more modern projects of today reflect this intersection as well. For example, the Visible Human Project features a display of slivers of human cadavers, both male and female, for the public to observe.   Exhibit in the Visible Human Project One of the more interesting topics regarding the human body is ...

Since the beginning of time, industrialization has been the key to technological progression throughout each society in the world. Walter Benjamin talks about advancements that society makes and relates it to art. If the artwork developed is not so different from what others had been used to in the past, it is more likely to be accepted. However, if it strays too far from what people are used to, it is more highly criticized and less likely to be accepted. For example, the movie iRobot with Will Smith Planet of the Apes shows a society testing cancer cures on primates, resulting in rapid intellectual advancements in the primates. This ultimately created a society that had to coexist with apes that were now just as advanced as humans. The people living in this society rejected the results of this technological advancement and reacted violently in a war against the apes. Thus, one can find from both of these examples that society reacts differently to industrialization depending on h...

Math and Art are utilized more simultaneously than we  realize.  A rtists  have been   particularly skilled in areas of mathematics and utilized these skills in the pieces they created. For  example, the idea of perspective, a  dra wing  technique developed in order to make paintings more realistic, inspired the development of the vanishing point by  Filippo   Brunelleschi in 1413 . The School of Athens by Raphael shows an example of perspective  The vanishing point was a drawing technique by which all lines converged to one single point in a painting. This gave the artwork a more linear   view. Additionally,  Brunelleschi  was not only an artist but an individual who was trained in both geometry and trigonometry. The vanishing point clearly illustrates the use of math in art, such that it has also contributed to the growth and progression of artwork throughout history and is still  utilized  today. This week...