Lynn Gamwell’s “Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual,” traces and documents the evolution of art and science through the last two centuries and is my choice for the best book of 2019. It has excellent visuals and natural language. Religion and mythological sources had thoroughly influenced art before and during the Renaissance. Artists these days are now moved by the need to capture the complexities and mysteries of the physical world, the discoveries of modern science. This read inspired for my painting, emotion and wonder of the secrets of the universe. Her other book “Mathematics and Art, a cultural history” is three times as long. I am about halfway and not rushing through it. It is a pleasure to digest chapter titles such as- Proportion, Infinity, Logic…. and see the picture below.
I also read her book Art and Mathematics, an unbelievably long book that also gave me new insights.
