One thing that I have wondered about with regard to the relationship between
 art and  science and particularly with respect to art (either concurrently or
predating) addressing the issues of  science is the mismatch we have between
Renaissance art  and science.  As  wonderful as  the art was (is), the art
was more conservative than the science with  respect  to  heliocentrism and
the implications of  that  philosophically.  I  sometimes wonder whether the
later art (stretching the  human form) was in part  a conservative  reaction
to the concept of heliocentrism.  I  wonder whether there were artists who
accepted the concept but who did  not create such work, as private and church
sponsored commissions would not be given  to  such work.


 JanW, [log in to unmask]