From test tube to Turner – the role of the chemist in art
Professor Andy Abbott looked at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist
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Siƒn Ede looks at the work of a number of leading artists who have engaged with contemporary science, whether robustly or subtly, in order to reflect a different and sometimes bizarre take on new ideas.
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Raman spectroscopy is a light scattering technique primarily used in the characterisation of vibrational modes of molecules and therefore in assessing the structure and composition of materials.
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Virginia Beeson presents on the integration of art and science throughout history and into the 21st century.
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David Bomford is Senior Restorer of Paintings at the National Gallery, London. There is a long tradition of applying scientific techniques to the study of works of art. This discourse reviews past and present approaches and shows that these advan....
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The concept of creativity from the point of view of how original ideas develop is explored with the aid of recent advances in computer modelling programming strategies. Featuring some beautiful examples, Margaret addresses the question, can computers....
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A wide-ranging discourse on how science and the enlightenment led to the great ideas of the founding fathers in the USA.
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