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The traveling exhibit of body world brings attention to all the natural beauty present in our human bodies. It uses preserved human bodies and a technique called plastination to show what is present underneath our skin. This show is extremely popular and is able to educate on the anatomy of the body while serving as a work of art. It allows people to see what their bodies are truly doing during movement. This reminded me of when I was in 6th grade and I had to get an MRI on my knee. I remember being scared and having to lay in the big loud tube. A few weeks later I was presented with the picture of my knee that was able to reveal all my muscles and joints and what was going on beneath what my eye could see. Just how the exhibit of body world was able to expose the human anatomy my MRI did the same thing. Another interesting form of art resulting from the human body was the visible human project. They uses male and female cadavers where they used sections of the body and then

For my first event I attended the meteorite gallery on the UCLA campus located in the geology building. I had heard about this previously from my oceanography teacher so when I saw it in this class I knew it must be worth a visit. Although it isn't a very big space, they fit a lot of information into one space. In this small area I was truly able to see the two cultures of science and art collide. We had learned about this separation in the first week but quickly realized there was nothing separate about the two. With art comes science and with science comes art. One of the pieces that stood out the most to me was the "old woman iron meteorite". It is the second largest meteorite from the USA with a mass of 2753 kg. The mass of the slab shown was only 80.5 mg. With this piece of art being on long-term loan from the Smithsonian it is something special. To think that the slab being shown is only a small part of what was found is incredible. Know it is on display for stude

I learned all about industrialization, knowledge production, mechanization, and robotics and art. It all began with the printing press that was invented by Gutenburg in 1450, although it was actually invented by the Chinese 400 years earlier. This soon lead to the industrial revolution with assembly lines, and eventually the idea of robots. The Renaissance Printing Press used to mass produce created a new era for books as it was able to produce 3,600 pages per day compared to the 40 hand written. Henry Ford and the model T made people realize that the production of robots wasn't far away. His team was able to use an assembly line to efficiently produce cars so why can't they make robots? In 1940 Walter Benjamin wrote his book "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction". He was a German-Jewish literary critic whom wrote at an important time: when political issues entered the art world. Benjamin emphasizes how the world of mechanical reproduction is put

After watching and reading this weeks material I was surprised by the information that I had learned. I had been aware that math had been included in art but I wasn't sure to what extent. It started as early as 200 B.C. with the use of zero and in the 13th century with Giotto using linear perspective to create depth. Although it wasn't an exact mathematic formula it still embraced the basic concept. More than anything geometry is used in order to create the basic formulas and changes in perspectives for paintings and drawings. The geometry can be seen in something as simple as a tile floor, the entire image can shift just depending on the observers perspective. The golden ratio can be seen in art ranging from buildings to portraits and is a key formula to artists. One image I found particularly interesting was Piet Mondrian and his use of only lines to create a beautiful painting. He portrayed how simple mathematics and geometric shapes could be put together to form somethi

After reading and listening about the separation of two cultures it made me immediately think of an assignment I had last quarter in Communications 1: an Introduction to public speaking. On the first day of class the professor asked us to think about whether or not public speaking is an art or a science. I immediately thought to myself that it was strictly I science. As the class continued I began speaking and writing my own speeches I realized it wasn't that simple. There is no clear separation between art and science. In order to give a speech you need to have the science of being able to include all the components and the right structure combined with the art of the delivery.  C.P. Snow argued that the curriculum of schools is the room of the problem and the more I think about it the more I agree with it. From elementary school to high school science classes were always mandatory to take and arts were electives. From a young age I always thought of art as a fun activity t