Exploring the invisible: art, science, and the spiritual

Foreword: Science in the Artist's Muse by Neil DeGrasse Tyson 6 Introduction 9 1: ART IN THE PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN ROMANTICISM 13 2. ADOPTING: A SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW 33 3. THE FRENCH ART OF OBSERVATION: A COOL REJECTION OF DARWIN 57 4. GERMAN AND RUSSIAN ART OF ABSOLUTE: A WARM EMBRACE OF DARWIN 93 5. LOVING AND LOOTHING SCIENCE AT THE FIN DE SIECLE 111 6. LOOKING INWARD: ART AND THE HUMAN MIND 129 7. WORLDLESS MUSIC AND ABSTRACT ART 149 8. THE CULMINATION OF NEWTON'S CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE 163 9. EINSTEIN'S SPACE-TIME UNIVERSE 195 10. ABSTRACT ART WITH A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE 207 11. SURREALIST SCIENCE 243 12. THE ATOMIC SUBLINE 259 13. THE DISUNITY OF NATURE: POSTMODERN ART, SCIENCE, AND THE SPIRITUAL 281 Notes 308 Chronology 324 Acknowledgments 328 Suggestions for Further Reading 330 Index 333 Picture Credits 343