Various aspects of modern statistical physics and meteorology can be tied together. Critical comments have to be made. However, the historical importance of the University of Wroclaw in the field of meteorology should be first pointed out. Next, some basic difference about time and space scales between meteorology and climatology can be outlined. The nature and role of clouds both from a geomet...

In this chapter we investigate the most important visual stereotypes of chemistry as they occur in current portraits of chemists, depictions of chemical plants, and images of chemical glassware and apparatus. By studying the historical origin and development of these stereotypes within the broader context of the history of art and science, and by applying aesthetic and cultural theories, we exp...

Digital technology brings great impact to art creation as well as a gap between traditional art and modern society. Finding the link between traditional and the modern has been a focusing issue in some countries such as China. In order to make a contribution to this process, this study focuses on the potential of digital media in the context of traditional visual art, in particular on Chinese l...

Mathematics and arts have a long historical relationship. Tile mosaics since the early civilizations combine both artistic beauty and mathematical complexity. The ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks knew about the golden ratio, regarded as an aesthetically pleasing ratio, and incorporated it into the design of monuments including the Great Pyramid, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. There are many ...

Professional music curators and DJs artfully arrange and mix recordings together to create engaging, seamless, and cohesive listening experiences, a craft enjoyed by audiences around the world. The average listener, however, lacks both the time and the skill necessary to create comparable experiences, despite access to same source material. As a result, user-generated listening sessions often l...

This article examines the work of the Situationists and their leading member, Guy Debord, as it relates to theatre history and the history of the manifesto. The Situationists privileged the writing of manifestos over the production of art works in order to avoid the fate of the historical avant-garde, whose provocative art had been co-opted by the cultural establishment. Despite this pro-manife...

This strong prejudice was of course natural. Ever since the Renaissance, artists had produced white marble sculpture, in imitation, oddly enough, of the Greek and Roman examples known to them, which in the course of time had lost their coloring. It was not easy to give up a belief that had been held for generations and one that had, moreover, started a new practice; for previous to the Renaissa...