Week 7: Neurosci + Art
As technology advances, people pay more attention to the neuroscience. Since arts comes from the consciousness of human beings, consciousness needs humans' brains working in order. As Kukk mentions, some have characterized their findings as exploring the powers of the social brains. The huge amount of achievements should give credits to the brain, the consciousness. Thus, neuroscience helps people to keep brain work both practically and artistically healthy.
Based on definition of consciousness from Victoria Vesna, "the state or condition of being consciousness" becomes the general way to recognize the world. This theory got supports from Howard Gardener, a leading cognitive psychologist who regards studies of prodigies and brain damage shed light on issues of creativity and cognition. Brain, as the most integral part, determines the appreciation and production of arts. Vincent van Gogh, the famous artist with psychosis and depressive disorder, makes the representative works of his career. In Starry Night, the emotions of isolation and insanity underlie which relates to how he was a struggling artist with unappreciated artwork (Dowling-Green para.3.)
Besides the direct perceptions from consciousness, brain are still the most fascinating organ which attracts people to explore. Nowadays, we can see such attraction not only from gradually advanced neuroscience but also from movies with psychological disorder protagonists. In movie the Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Hannibal has the inclination to cannibalism, which combines with his gentle behaviors to allure victims. However, his cannibalism, the morbid psyche state, actually comes from childhood traumas (Gregory pg.15.)
References:
Dowding-Green, Raphaela. “An Evaluation of the Interpretations of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.” Medium, Medium, 23 Apr. 2018, medium.com/@raphaeladowdinggreen/an-evaluation-of-the-interpretations-of-vincent-van-goghs-starry-night-cf1352edd589.
Gardner, Howard. Art, Mind, and Brain. USA: Basic Books. 1982. Google Books. Web. https://books.google.com/books?id=2BMDYRRF1WcC&dq=gardner+%22art+mind+and+brain%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=DYaIMCGy4j&sig=8yrvOMWISopSrN_fNXsYqUPJCgw#v=onepage&q=gardner%20%22art%20mind%20and%20brain%22&f=false
Gregory, Bettina. Hannibal Lecter: The Honey in the Lion's Mouth. Psychotherapy 2002 https://psychotherapy.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.100
Kukk, Chris. “The Importance of Neuroscience to Education: Achieving the Education-Learning Nexus.” Charter for Compassion, charterforcompassion.org/science-and-research-compassion-book/the-importance-of-neuroscience-to-education-achieving-the-education-learning-nexus.
Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience-pt1.mov."YouTube, uploaded by UC Online, 17 May 2012. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzXjNbKDkYI
Based on definition of consciousness from Victoria Vesna, "the state or condition of being consciousness" becomes the general way to recognize the world. This theory got supports from Howard Gardener, a leading cognitive psychologist who regards studies of prodigies and brain damage shed light on issues of creativity and cognition. Brain, as the most integral part, determines the appreciation and production of arts. Vincent van Gogh, the famous artist with psychosis and depressive disorder, makes the representative works of his career. In Starry Night, the emotions of isolation and insanity underlie which relates to how he was a struggling artist with unappreciated artwork (Dowling-Green para.3.)
References:
Dowding-Green, Raphaela. “An Evaluation of the Interpretations of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.” Medium, Medium, 23 Apr. 2018, medium.com/@raphaeladowdinggreen/an-evaluation-of-the-interpretations-of-vincent-van-goghs-starry-night-cf1352edd589.
Gardner, Howard. Art, Mind, and Brain. USA: Basic Books. 1982. Google Books. Web. https://books.google.com/books?id=2BMDYRRF1WcC&dq=gardner+%22art+mind+and+brain%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=DYaIMCGy4j&sig=8yrvOMWISopSrN_fNXsYqUPJCgw#v=onepage&q=gardner%20%22art%20mind%20and%20brain%22&f=false
Kukk, Chris. “The Importance of Neuroscience to Education: Achieving the Education-Learning Nexus.” Charter for Compassion, charterforcompassion.org/science-and-research-compassion-book/the-importance-of-neuroscience-to-education-achieving-the-education-learning-nexus.
Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience-pt1.mov."YouTube, uploaded by UC Online, 17 May 2012. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzXjNbKDkYI
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