Art and Scientific Thought : Historical Studies Towards a Modern Revision of Their Antagonism

Four groups of short studies and discussions around comparing the arts and science, examples of imaginative stimulation in the arts, balancing the scientific and the imaginative, and Leonardo da Vinci as a scientist in art. Foreword by Walter de la Mare Author’s Preface Contents Illustrations Introduction I. Features of Resemblance and of Contrast between the Arts and the Sciences II. Examples of Imaginative Stimulus through Structure and Symbolism III. Historical Failure to maintain a Balance between the Scientific and the Imaginative IV. Leonardo da Vinci as Scientist in Art: his fantastic Drawings and the Prototype of Scientific Uneasiness in an Unscientific Community Conclusion Bibliography Index