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The Art and Science of Depiction
The scientific, perceptual and artistic principles behind image making. Topics include the relationship between pictorial techniques and the human visual system; the intrinsic limitations of 2D representations and their possible compensations; and the technical issues involved in depiction: e.g. projection, denotation (choice of primitives - lines, points or regions) and tonal conventions. Syllabus for class taught by Fredo Durand and Julie Dorsey

Art and Science Collaborations, Inc.
The purpose of Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.(ASCI) is to raise public awareness about artists and scientists using science and technology to explore new forms of creative expression, and to increase communication and collaborations between these fields. Their annual international ArtSci Symposium and 10 year old monthly ASCI BULLETIN are valuable resources to the art-sci-technology community.

Teaching Cognitive Science and the Arts I and Teaching Cognitive Science and the Arts II by Cynthia Freeland.Ê Essays from the American Society for Aesthetics Newsletter.Ê They sketch courses on (1) cognitive science and the visual arts and (2) cognitive science and other arts, such as literature, film, and music-temporal or narrative arts. The bibliographies will be particularly useful to those interested in connecting art and aesthetics with cognitive science.

History & Special Collections Division The History & Special Collections Division of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
The library contains close to 28,000 rare books. A 23,000 volume secondary support collection provides in-depth interpretation for the primary materials as does the extensive history of the health science/history of biology journal collection. A large reference section provides information about the history of the sciences and about the history of the book. In addition to the rare books, the Division collects and curates manuscripts, prints and portraits, and museum objects.

Cognitive Science and the Arts
The Cognitive Science Initiative at UH explores current research in central fields of cognitive science. They are also committed to encompassing related fields in arts and humanities, and to exploring the potentially revolutionary implications from cognitive science and its understanding of the mind for such key topics as creativity, language, meaning, narrative, and imagination. These resources were compiled by Dr. Cynthia Freeland, with assistance from the Cognitive Science Initiative, University of Houston, and from the academic community.

The Whole Brain Atlas
(Keith A. Johnson, M.D. (keith@bwh.harvard.edu) and J. Alex Becker (jabecker@mit.edu)

A Photo Gallery of the Universe
Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing their best snapshots, this page presents a selection of Hubble's most spectacular images.

Robert R. Wilson and the Art and Sculpture at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
The design of the facilities and buildings at Fermilab was greatly influenced by the first director of the Laboratory, Robert R. Wilson, a physicist and artist/sculptor of renown. It was Dr. Wilson's philosophy that a research laboratory should be an attractive cultural center in the community and the nation. He personally suggested designs and in many cases, such as the central laboratory building which now bears his name, was intimately involved in the detailed designs.

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