The students of the University of Verona, Department of Culture and Civilization, will build a bridge between science and art, revealing, in the works of the Collection, connections that show the often underestimated link between scientific knowledge and artistic creation. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube.
Gerrit Rietveld: geometry
Luigi Russolo: sound waves and the futurist research
Leoncillo Leonardi: geology
Gaspar Van Wittel: the camera obscura
Giorgio De Chirico: perspective and its optical illusions
Giacomo Balla: the refraction of light according to Newton
Illuminated manuscripts: the chemistry of the pigments
Josef Albers: the perception of colour
Giovanni Ceschini: the star of Bethlehem and the scientific hypotheses
Altichiero da Verona: the scientific research in 13th century Padua
Lucio Fontana: space and matter
Giacomo Balla: the transit of Mercury across the sun