Sanah Ali DESMA9

Before this week, I didn't think about the associate between Medicine and Art. I have always been interested in Medicine, but rarely thought about how it could intersect with Art. However, as I reviewed this week's material and Professor Vesna's lectures, I found that Medicine and Art actually did have lots of intersections.  I didn't know that historically that Art and Medicine had been connected. Professor Vesna's lecture discussed how historically, human dissection was important for artists to be able to represent and understand the human body correctly. The art produced by artists historically showed documentation of the body and an understanding of it. For example, in 1858, Henry Gray wrote "Gray's Anatomy", an anatomy book. The book shows the growth and change of anatomical structures and displays many images and diagrams depicting anatomy. Many editions of the book have been published and it is a staple in both the medical and artistic communiti...

Earlier this week, I went to the Fantastic Voyage Watch Party. Fantastic Voyage is about a submarine crew that is shrunk down to a tiny size to help try to fix an injured scientist's brain. The crew, onboard the submarine Proteus, is shrunk down into a microscopic size, but it only lasts one hour. Their goal is try to repair the injured brain before they return to normal size. The team goes inside of the scientist and face many obstacles. One obstacle the team faces is an arteriovenous fistula. From the movie and some extra research, I learned that this is an abnormal connect between a vein and an artery. With the arteriovenous fistula, blood flows directly from an artery to a vein, without going through capillaries. This is typically abnormal and over time it can cause possible complications. This arteriovenous fistula caused the Proteus team to detour through the heart. They must induce cardiac arrest to not cause turbulence to the submarine. Next, they travel to the lungs t...

 Prior to this week, I did not think that art and robotics were connected. I always thought they were extremely separate fields and had little to no crossover. However, this week I learned that was false. Robotics and art are extremely related and interconnected. First, the beginning ideas of robots were influenced by artists. From Professor Vesna's lecture, I learned that the idea of a robot came out of theatre. It's really interesting to me to learn that theatre, music, and movies have all influenced the field of robotics and technology. Even more recently, media and art have continued to influence scientists. For example, Fahrenheit 451, both a movie and a novel, describes "seashells" as "thimble radios tamped right, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talking coming in..." (Bradbury, 1950). Guy Montag's wife Mildred uses these "seashells" to help her fall asleep. These are very similar to the earbuds we see today. Earbuds or AirP...

 Before this week, I did not think math and art intersected. I am not the best at either, so their intersection had never previously sparked my interest. However, this week I found that the intersection between art and math is not uncommon and is very intriguing.  One thing that stuck out to me when learning about this topic was vanishing points in art. Many artists try to provide a correct perspective viewpoint for their art. To do so, they use mathematical formulas to solve for the viewing distance and vanishing point. They can use these measurements in their art, to make viewers feel like they are part of the artwork. One example of this that stuck out to me, was how museum used shish kebab skewers to discover viewpoints of perspective works and appreciate the art.   Vanishing points and different perspecitves Another thing that stuck out to me when examining this topic was fractals. Fractals are geometric shapes made up of smaller parts. Each smaller part shows the sh...

 Through CP Snow's work and research about the two cultures, I can see the difference and intersection between art and science. In 1959, CP Snow coined the phrase, "The Two Cultures", showing the distinction between individuals in the literary and natural sciences. He argued that the arts and sciences should be held equally, but universities and schools were a main factor as to why they were separated. I can see this separation frequently in college too, as students tend to categorize themselves as "north" or "south" campus majors at UCLA. Students are often pressured to pick one side, where instead they should be motivated to combine both of their "north" and "south" campus interests.  Dividing students by "north" and "south" campus can have detrimental effects as learning between the two can have beneficial impacts. I personally am interested in both sciences and humanities. Although I am a biology major, I als...