A common trope is that art and science are opposed to each other. That, despite the long list of artistic innovators—from Leonardo, Michelangelo, Monet, and others—who self-consciously applied science and the fruits of technical engineering to make their independent visions real. Leonardo and mathematics, Michelangelo and anatomy, Monet and the chemical industry’s new pigments, and so many more great stories from art history.
Crossing media, here’s a fun 10-minute documentary on Tom Scholz and how the rock band Boston’s unique sound came to be: