4. The Kassites: ( c. 1570–1155 bc )

2016 ◽  
pp. 40-51
Author(s):  
Trevor Bryce
Keyword(s):  
Political Power ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Eurasian Steppe ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Old Babylonian ◽  
Secure Environment ◽  
Art And Architecture

The Hittite sack of Babylon around 1595 ended the Old Babylonian Kingdom and left a political power vacuum in the region. It was not until the arrival of the Kassites from the Eurasian steppe lands that the kingdom became politically stable. ‘The Kassites’ outlines how, despite few written and archaeological sources, the Kassites took control of the region and bestowed the greatest benefit on Babylonia in the form of nationhood. Their respect for the traditions and customs of their subjects provided a peaceful, secure environment within the land, which helped ensure that the arts and sciences flourished, in such fields as literature, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, music, art, and architecture.

scholarly journals Design through synthesis: the role of sculpture in the design process of Max Bill

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Calovi Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Visual Space ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Art And Architecture

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, research into the understanding of visual space in the arts and sciences narrowed the distinctions between architecture and the arts, contributing to a growing desire to unify all the senses in the production of more meaningful art and architecture. The Bauhaus, in its proposed synthesis of the arts, left with few examples of architecture, but the modern desire for the unification of the formal vocabulary of architecture and the arts persisted, and was advanced especially through the reduction and refinement of their elements. I argue that Max Bill, a Bauhaus graduate, realized this synthesis of the arts through his Concrete design method, which reconciled the rational and the intuitive through conceptual associations between different media. His approach to design resisted formalism and arbitrary decisions, and went far beyond the visual by producing designs which embraced functionality, creativity and simplicity, and unfolded in a diverse array of forms instead of repetitive formulas. To this day formalism and a superficial regard for aesthetics hinders discussion and the exchange of concepts between art and architecture, especially regarding the design process. This paper will explore the methods and conceptual underpinnings of Max Bill’s sculptural work and architecture through case studies from 1932 through 1968.  

The Poetry and Music of Science

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom McLeish
Keyword(s):  
School Leaver ◽  
Creative People ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
Poetry And Music

‘I could not see any place in science for my creativity or imagination’, was the explanation, of a bright school leaver to the author, of why she had abandoned all study of science. Yet as any scientist knows, the imagination is essential to the immense task of re-creating a shared model of nature from the scale of the cosmos, through biological complexity, to the smallest subatomic structures. Encounters like that one inspired this book, which takes a journey through the creative process in the arts as well as sciences. Visiting great creative people of the past, it also draws on personal accounts of scientists, artists, mathematicians, writers, and musicians today to explore the commonalities and differences in creation. Tom McLeish finds that the ‘Two Cultures’ division between the arts and the sciences is not after all, the best classification of creative processes, for all creation calls on the power of the imagination within the constraints of form. Instead, the three modes of visual, textual, and abstract imagination have woven the stories of the arts and sciences together, but using different tools. As well as panoramic assessments of creativity, calling on ideas from the ancient world, medieval thought, and twentieth-century philosophy and theology, The Poetry and Music of Science illustrates its emerging story by specific close-up explorations of musical (Schumann), literary (James, Woolf, Goethe) mathematical (Wiles), and scientific (Humboldt, Einstein) creation. The book concludes by asking how creativity contributes to what it means to be human.

scholarly journals Ascertaining Consciousness in Identity Formation: Best Medical Practices in Dementia Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 567-567
Author(s):  
Angel Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Testing Case ◽  
Clinical Research Trials ◽  
Common Misconceptions

Abstract This session identifies common misconceptions about identity for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Going beyond diagnostic brain imaging and neurocognitive testing, case studies and research in creativity from around the United States highlights consciousness of persons living with ADRD. Reviewing and discussing artworks is aimed to set dialogue in the question of where memory deposits emerge when engaged in creativity. Through art therapy techniques, this type of self-expression may provide new avenues in treatment for dementia care. Exploring the arts from those with Mild Cognitive Impairment to late stage Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, such as frontotemporal dementia, consciousness seems to remain intact despite neural death. This session aims to discourage poor spending allocations and establishing meaningful care. From clinical research trials to creativity of self-expression, the importance of why the arts and sciences matter are demonstrated as effective modalities that enhance quality of life.

Hooke recommemorated

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-140
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Domestic Life ◽  
Robert Hooke ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Personal Interaction ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Christ Church ◽  
History Of

Richard Nichols, The Diaries of Robert Hooke, The Leonardo of London, 1635-1703 . Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild, 1994, Pp. 185, £15.00. ISBN 0- 86332-930-6. Richard Nichols is a science master turned historian of science who celebrates in this book Robert Hooke’s contributions to the arts and sciences. The appreciation brings together comments from Hooke’s Diaries , and other works, on each of his main enterprises, and on his personal interaction with each of his principal friends and foes. Further references to Hooke and his activities are drawn from Birch’s History of the Royal Society, Aubrey’s Brief Lives , and the Diaries of Evelyn and of Pepys. The first section of the book, ‘Hooke the Man’, covers his early years of education at home in Freshwater, at Westminster school and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he soon joined the group of experimental philosophers who set him up as Curator of the Royal Society and Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, Bishopsgate. Hooke’s domestic life at Gresham College is described - his intimate relationships with a series of housekeepers, including his niece, Grace Hooke, and his social life at the College and in the London coffee houses.

The Flight from the Arts and Sciences: Trends in Degrees Conferred

Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 250 (4980) ◽  
pp. 517-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Turner ◽  
W. G. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts

Talent Developed: Conversations with Masters in the Arts and Sciences

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-317
Author(s):  
Rena F. Subotnik ◽  
Vladimir Feltsman
Keyword(s):  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts

Religious Art and Architecture in 18th-Century Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean DeLouche
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Religious Art ◽  
Spiritual Power ◽  
Grand Tour ◽  
Gothic Revival ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Art And Architecture

The 18th century was an era of transition for the arts and religion. Monarchs continued to commission religious art and architecture for a variety of reasons, including fulfillment of vows, expressions of faith and piety, and celebrations of dynastic power. The period saw simultaneous trends toward sumptuous decoration and sober display, as well as the rise of new artistic styles, including the Rococo, Neoclassicism, and the Gothic Revival. The Grand Tour brought many northern European Protestants to the seat of Catholicism. Protestant attitudes toward “popish” art softened in the 18th century, due in part to the increasing contact between Catholic and Protestant culture in Rome and to the perception that Catholicism was no longer a plausible threat. As the temporal and spiritual power of Rome declined in the 18th century, the papacy sought to reestablish itself as a cultural authority. The papacy embellished Rome with a number of archaeological and architectural initiatives, linking the popes with classical civilization and casting themselves as the custodians of the shared Western cultural tradition. With a growing art market and the consumer revolution, the populace had expanding access to religious imagery, from fine religious canvases collected by Catholic and Protestant elites, to reproducible prints that were available to nearly every member of society. However, the Enlightenment brought a profound questioning of religion. Religious works of art faced a loss of context in private displays and in the official Salon exhibitions, where they were intermixed with secular and erotic subjects and judged not on the efficacy of their Christian message or function but rather on aesthetic terms in relation to other works. The century ended with the French Revolution and brought violent waves of de-Christianization and iconoclasm. In order to save France’s Christian heritage, religious works of art had to be stripped of their associations with church and crown.

Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences

1991 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-602
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Hoenack
Keyword(s):  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts
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