Kemp's conclusions

摘要

Having reached the end of Nature's Art and Science series, the time seems right for a summing up. The essays, each centred on a single artefact, were written to a three-part cycle of 'old master' (from the Renaissance to mid-nineteenth century), 'classic modernist' (from the first half of this century) and living artist. Against this pattern were plotted other variables: artistic content; the type of science involved; the style of art-science relationship; artistic medium; geographical spread; and tone of artistic voice. Not all these variables have been respected as much as others — unsurprisingly, given my own uneven knowledge and the personal factors involved in making choices.