Artistic Personality in Scientific Illustration: A Case Study

In this article, we intend to study the mechanisms, processes, and results of artistic research in the scientific and technical field, from the commission of a work of scientific illustration. That is, we examine a request to an artist by a third party (researcher, scientist, editor, or specialist i...

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Autor: Ortega-Alonso, Diego
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Jaén
Repositorio:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:ruja________::0e0a43ad813e8acaf8e5b71c79f33e6a
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10953/7851
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Scientific illustration, artistic research, archeology, science, scientific communication
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Sumario:In this article, we intend to study the mechanisms, processes, and results of artistic research in the scientific and technical field, from the commission of a work of scientific illustration. That is, we examine a request to an artist by a third party (researcher, scientist, editor, or specialist in one of the areas of experimental sciences) to carry out works that allow any of these options (independently or combined): show the results of a scientific investigation, communicate science, or make materials of a didactic or educational nature. To approach artistic research in the scientific field means placing the presence of the artist in a specific environment in the focus of the research itself, with the symbiosis of knowledge and its translation into artistic languages through corporeity. The experience through the body (brain, eye, hand) is a fundamental issue. The coexistence of the artist researcher in the scientific context of research is considered an essential practice in artistic research. With an initial justification that starts from the interest in considering artistic research necessary in a scientific field, we subsequently contextualize at the theoretical level the way in which an assignment of scientific illustration is addressed for an archaeological investigation. Next, the research process and the field work are described, starting from a project developed by the author. To conclude this article, the results of the artistic experience are discussed, as well as how they favor those of the study in the field of scientific research.