© 2002 by European Society of Cardiology
Copyright © 2002, European Society of Cardiology
Interactions between science and art
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Received 8 July 2002; accepted 26 September 2002
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In history there are many examples of interaction between science and art, although none of the important persons involved were aware of the similarities in each other's fields. Only in retrospect can we see these similarities very clearly. As an example, let us go back for a minute to the beginning of the 20th century.
Between 1905 and 1914 Picasso developed his vision on Cubism, in 1910 Kandinsky painted the first abstract painting, in 1917 Malevitch completed his suprematist theory, and Mondrian, with a few kindred spirits, founded ‘De Stijl’. All these developments in the arts took place in the period between Einstein's first publication in the ‘Annalen der Physik’ in 1905 and his most important publication in 1916 ‘Die Grundlagen der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie’. In 1918 Wittgenstein completed his ‘Logische Philosophische Abhandlung’, which later became famous under the title ‘Tractates Logico Philosophicus’
These are only a few of the many