This course explores the historic and philosophical interdependence of the arts and the sciences. It includes readings that were crucial in defining how we practice art as well as how we understand and conceive of our world. The material in the course will include the study of some of the most mind-boggling ideas in mathematics and science —ideas that have changed and ultimately have expanded our consciousness. We will be reading work from a number of different cultures and traditions. Some of the thinkers whose work we may read are: The Ionian Philosophers, in particular Thales. We might also read Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, Einstein (as philosopher), etc. Many of the ideas may be surprisingly new to you. At the same time, the course has been structured specifically to serve you, as a student of art. It intends to enrich the world from which you draw your inspiration. By the end of the course, you should have acquired a broader and deeper understanding of the substance of mathematics and science so that you will be able to use the synergy of these cultural expressions in your artistic creativity.

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