Week 7: Neurosci + Art

First of all, It was interesting to see the relationship between neuroscience and art. Neuroscience is the study of structure or function of the nervous system and brain and art is the expression of human creatives. I thought they would not be related. However they are closely related to each other and interesting as well.

Franz Joseph Gall

Ramon Y Cajal

During the lecture video, Ramon Y Cajal and are introduce as critical in showing how brain looks and works with the correct idea. Franz is the first one to come up with an idea of cerebral functions to various areas of the brain. Ramon is the founder of neuron anatomy that reads out the connection patterns with the neurons which looks beautiful and they are arranged in efficient way of communication as well.

Gold Cortex by Greg Dunn

This is the pictures of Greg Dunn who is a visual artist. He studies neuroscience at University of Pennsylvania. By looking at his painting at a glance, it is indistinguishable from landscapes with the branches and leaves that they are actually neurons.

Sigmund Freud

Carl Jung

Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung are are the people who founded psychoanalysis. Freud divided the mind into the consciousness and unconsciousness. Jung believed that unconsciousness could be the source of creativity as well. It was interesting to see the Jung idea that divided unconsciousness into five archetypes named, Self, Shadow, Anima, Animus, and Persona. One of the interesting facts to look at is Freud was addicted to cocaine. It was to soothe the pains inflicted on him by an infection. However, it went bad, apparently.

Although, I never thought that the Neuroscience and Art are related. Now, it is not a surprise that the they could be collaborated and improve their fields of study. After all of these researches, I see that the Neuroscience and Art are closely related which reminds me of C.P Snow once more, the third culture.

Images:

“Beauty of the Brain Is Illuminated When Neuroscience Meets Art.” Migraine Again, 12 Nov. 2017, migraineagain.com/neuroscience-art-miracle-of-brain-dunn/.

“Carl Jung.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung.

“Franz Joseph Gall.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_Gall.

“Gallery: Neuroscience Meets Visual Art.” Flavorwire, Flavorwire, 22 Sept. 2011, flavorwire.com/212000/neuroscience-meets-visual-art.

“Santiago Ramón y Cajal.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Ramón_y_Cajal.

“Sigmund Freud.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud.