Art Alive! with Science: Get creative with art history and science!

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Experience how art meets science, from the earliest cave paintings to today's advanced tech - and meet the innovative artists behind it all!

In Art Alive! with Science, award-winning author Mary Auld explores moments from art history that have expanded our understanding of the way things work, such as the beautiful balance of forces in kinetic sculpture, the interplay of light and shadow in painting and puppetry and how Op Art tricks our brains and plays with our senses.

Following each case study of astounding innovation, there is a creative project that applies the scientific learning to the reader's own art practice. The unique art style of illustrator Sue Downing is sure to draw in young artists, especially alongside the photos of each artist's work and contribution to the timeline of innovation. Perfect for children age 8 and up.

Artists and science principles inside include:

Introduction: Artists and scientists from cave painting to bronze casting

The art of anatomy with Myron's Discobolus (Discus Thrower)

The science of illustration with Hildegard of Bingen and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

The fantasy of flight with Leonardo da Vinci

The drama of light with Caravaggio's chiaroscuro and wayang kulit shadow puppetry

The art of nature with Ustad Mansur and Maria Sibylla Merian

The image in perspective with Johannes Vermeer's The Geographer

The science of clouds with Luke Howard, Caspar David Friedrich and John Constable

The sense of colour with expressionism and pointillism

The structure of flowers with Georgia O'Keeffe

The energy of sound with Paul Klee's Polyphony

The balance of forces with Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures

The art of astronomy with Galileo, Lucien Rudaux and NASA

The art of light with Pablo Picasso, Gjon Mili and their famous light drawing collaboration

The art of illusion with Marina Apollonio

The science of materials with Anish Kapoor

The structures of life with Dorothy Hodgkin and Conrad Shawcross

The reactions of chemistry with Cai Guo-Qiang's explosion events

The dimension of time with Jen's Stark's fascinating and mathematical 30 Cubed

Author Bio

Mary Auld (Author)

Mary Auld is a writer of children's information books, working over a broad range of subjects. She has been actively involved in music from an early age, both singing and playing the flute, on an amateur basis. She loves making music in a group, be that in an orchestra or a choir. Whether making music or writing children's books, her aim is to share her enthusiasm and inspire readers. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, who is an honorary fellow of the English Association, in recognition of her editorial work in children's non-fiction.

Sue Downing (Illustrator)

Sue lives and works in a little eco house in Newcastle upon Tyne with her husband and two children. She loves to draw, design and make things. Since leaving Edinburgh College of art in the late 1990's, she's worked in-house, on a freelance basis, as an illustrator, product/licensed character developer, a designer/maker of jewellery, greetings cards and wrapping paper - never a dull moment! Sue's inspirations are many - from knitted toys, Japanese design, and Scandinavian Chic to Modernism, Dick Bruna and Info graphics. She's drawn to anything that is quirky, humorous and minimal in design, and hopes that this is reflected in her illustration.