Art as History, Art as Neurology
Show Description:
What can a 17th Century painting by the Dutch artist Vermeer tell us about the aesthetics of the rich and powerful in China? Our guest tonight is TIMOTHY BROOK, who has written a unique history of the 17th Century, a time when commerce and culture from all around the globe collided in unexpected ways to form the beginnings of the modern world, entitled VERMEER’S HAT: THE 17TH CENTURY AND THE DAWN OF THE GLOBAL WORLD.
Have you ever smelled a color? Or heard the song of a day of the week? If so, you may be a synesthete. CRETIEN VAN CAMPEN's discoveries open up an amazing world beyond our basic five senses and look at how synesthesia, far from being a problem that should be cured, may actually aid our creativity. Cretien van Campen’s book is THE HIDDEN SENSE: SYNESTHESIA IN ART AND SCIENCE.
Air Date and Time:
Sunday the 27th at 6pm
They're melodies you hear again and again; songs that have inspired a thousand albums --but do you know their stories?
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