Summary
The visual image played a crucial role in Europe's Scientific Revolution, not only in acquainting millions of Europeans with the ideas of Galileo, Harvey, Descartes, Huygens, Leibnitz and Newton but also in shaping the way these ideas were developed and applied to everyday life. This network will reexamine the relations between art and science focusing on three key themes: the creation of the scientific image; scientific imagery: its role and function during the Enlightenment; and the construction of the human image
Duration
Four years, from 1996 to 1999. Prolongation until 2000.
