BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news339@chemie.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220404T124841 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220505T170000 SUMMARY: Chemistry in Art\, Art in Chemistry\, and the spiritual ground the y share (Dreyfus Lecture) DESCRIPTION:Chemistry is an essential tool for making art. We will begin by looking at the evolution of pigments\, from the Ishtar Gate to Prussian b lue and modern pigments. And at photography\, a very chemical enabling too l for artists.\\r\\nThen we will turn to art in chemistry. The pages of my articles\, those of my colleagues\, are filled with drawings of molecules . From a certain reality\, the creators of these drawings try to abstract the essence. As in art\, significant formal considerations – the relatio nship of the parts of a molecule to its whole\; symmetry and asymmetry – are essential.\\r\\nOn to the spiritual ground\, I will discuss what attr acts artists to alchemy\, and how alchemical goals resonate in modern chem istry. And then take a wild leap to modern times\, by posing a question th at at first sight seems absurd: Is there an analogue in science to abstrac t art? We’ll explore chemical analogues to abstraction\, for instance co ncentrating on one component of the artistic whole\, and also look at the way modern chemistry gives the aleatory its due. I will work against the c aricature of abstract art and science as ... cold. In chemistry and art bo th\, we create and discover meaning.\\r\\nCamille & Henry Dreyfus Lectures hip In memory of the Dreyfus brothers\, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foun dation Inc. has established the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Lectureship at the University of Basel [t3://page?uid=1337]. The annual Lectureship brings a leading chemist from the United States to the Basel campus to deliver a s eries of talks\, and to meet with faculty and students in order to enhance the relationship between Swiss and U.S. science. X-ALT-DESC:

Chemistry is an essential tool for making art. We will begin by looking at the evolution of pigments\, from the Ishtar Gate to Prussian blue and modern pigments. And at photography\, a very chemical enabling t ool for artists.

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Then we will turn to art in chemistry. The pages of my articles\, those of my colleagues\, are filled with drawings of mole cules. From a certain reality\, the creators of these drawings try to abst ract the essence. As in art\, significant formal considerations – the re lationship of the parts of a molecule to its whole\; symmetry and asymmetr y – are essential.

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On to the spiritual ground\, I will discuss w hat attracts artists to alchemy\, and how alchemical goals resonate in mod ern chemistry. And then take a wild leap to modern times\, by posing a que stion that at first sight seems absurd: Is there an analogue in science to abstract art? We’ll explore chemical analogues to abstraction\, for ins tance concentrating on one component of the artistic whole\, and also look at the way modern chemistry gives the aleatory its due. I will work again st the caricature of abstract art and science as ... cold. In chemistry an d art both\, we create and discover meaning.

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Camille &\ ; Henry Dreyfus Lectureship
In memory of the Dreyfus brothe rs\, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc. has established the Camille &\; Henry Dreyfus Lectureship at the University of Basel. The annual Lectureship brings a leading chemist f rom the United States to the Basel campus to deliver a series of talks\, a nd to meet with faculty and students in order to enhance the relationship between Swiss and U.S. science.

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