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]