Life Science, Art, and Culture, Medieval to Present
HIST 177
Summer 2013
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 277 |
This seminar introduces students to the study of visual images and image production in the history of the life sciences and medicine. We will look at and discuss scientific and medical illustrations made from the Middle Ages to the present day, including topics such as the artistic activities of Leonardo da Vinci; the drawings made by English Renaissance naturalists; the impact of an expanding print culture on scientific illustration; early modern European anatomical drawings; images of gender; the role of gardens, libraries, and museums as international centers for specimen collection and artistic production; art and European travel; mapping and imperialism; anatomical atlases; ethnographic film; photography and the American West; modern medical imaging (especially PET and CAT scans); and scientific imaging in the age of computer technologies. This seminar is especially keyed to students interested in in-depth exploration of the intersections of art and science. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - June Session |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Elizabeth Kessler, PICTURING THE COSMOS: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPIC IMAGES AND THE ASTRONOMICAL SUBLIME (2012)
Eadward Muybridge, ANIMAL LOCOMOTION (paperback)
Robert Hooke, MICROGRAPHIA (Dover pbk)
Timothy Boon, FILMS OF FACT: A HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN DOCUMENTARY FILM AND TELEVISION
E. Gombrich, ART AND ILLUSION
Ernest Haekel, ART FORMS IN NATURE
Marianne North, ABUNDANT BEAUTY: THE ADVENTUROUS TRAVELS OF MARIANNE NORTH, BOTANICAL ARTIST
Daston and Galison, OBJECTIVITY (paperback)
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Examinations and Assignments:
The assignments will be a combination of short essay papers, daily written reading reposes, and a final research paper and oral presentation on an assigned topic. |
| Instructor(s): Tucker,Jennifer Times: .MTWRF. 11:00AM-12:40PM; Location: ALLB004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
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