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SUMMARY:Fusing modern art and science: Marian Dale Scott\, Hans Selye\, an
 d the visualisation of life - Mark Jackson (University of Exeter)
DTSTART:20090423T153000Z
DTEND:20090423T170000Z
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CONTACT:Lauren Kassell
DESCRIPTION:In June 1943\, the prominent Canadian artist Marian Dale Scott
  unveiled a mural\, entitled 'Endocrinology'\, that she had been commissio
 ned by the Hungarian-born scientist Hans Selye to paint on a wall of the r
 eading room in the Histology Department at McGill University. By focusing 
 on a range of scientific motifs and clinical manifestations of hormone fun
 ction and malfunction\, Scott's painting aimed not only to capture the 'sp
 irit of scientific research'\, but also to invigorate the attempts of mode
 rn artists to leave the 'isolation of the studio' and engage more fully 'w
 ith the moving forces of his age'. This paper explores the origins\, devel
 opment\, delivery and legacy of this innovative collaborative project betw
 een a modern artist and scientist.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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