Symposium: The Art of Science in New England, 1700-1920 Saturday, March 15, 2014 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Collins Cinema
The 2014 Wellesley-Deerfield Symposium will explore visual representations of scientific inquiry produced, collected, distributed or otherwise circulating in New England from the start of the 18th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines will address a variety of topics from the use of anatomical and biological models in scientific pedagogy to the impact of mechanical inventions for enhancing vision on artistic and scientific practice.
The symposium is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For a complete schedule visit here, and for further information call the Wellesley College Art Department,781-283-2043.
Sponsored by the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College; the Office of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield, and made possible by the generous support of the Barra Foundation.