Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema (Venue Partner)
40 Arts Circle Drive
Northwestern University
847 491 4000
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Hendrick Goltzius, Portrait of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer, 1595, engraving. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John S. Newberry, M6486. Photo: Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources, Harvard Art Museums, © 2011 President and Fellows of
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Jan 17 – Apr 8
Tuesdays (10am–5pm)
Wednesdays–Fridays (10am–8pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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Directions: On the south end of Northwestern University's campus, just off Sheridan Road. Free parking at NU after 4 pm weekdays and all day weekends. Near the CTA Purple Line Davis and Foster stops and the Metra Davis stop.
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“Currently scientists must be highly specialized in their own respective fields, so much so that it is becoming a problem since some cannot understand another's field of study or relate one finding to another area. The relation of science to visual art seems almost completely gone now, but this was not the case in the Renaissance when science worked closely with visual art in creating new inventions and charting new ideas and new discoveries. The artwork from artists like Albrecht Dürer is featured to show how artists themselves actively helped create knowledge, not just illustrations.”
Abraham Ritchie, Flavorpill
Organized by the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in collaboration with the Block Museum, this exhibition examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to scientific inquiries of the 16th century.
Rare and treasured prints, drawings, books, maps, and scientific instruments demonstrate that artists were not just illustrators in the service of scientists but that their work played an active role in facilitating the understanding of new concepts in astronomy, geography, natural history, and anatomy.
