Sunday, April 5, 2015

The separation between art and science has been ingrained so deeply into modern society that we may not even notice the drastic divide between the two. As Charles P. Snow pointed discussed, the two cultures grew side by side for most of history and only relatively recently the two have split further and further apart. While Snow suggests a 3rd culture would emerge to bring the two practices together, John Brockman believed that the 3rd culture already exist through the humanitarian sciences. Snow believed the vast majority of the divide stems from the education, university system and the varying dialects of the two fields. UCLA's campus layout and architecture. The campus is geographically separated down the middle; the north campus for the "artistic" majors and the south campus for "scientific" majors. Along with the organization of different buildings, the architecture of the buildings themselves represent the contrasting cultures. The buildings used for artistic education represent older more frivolous churches while the scientific buildings look more like modern corporate office buildings.


    

 Since the discussion of the two cultures, Art and Science, the evidence of the drastic split between has become more prevalent and noticeable. The stereotypes of each field fill our daily lives, ever since our child development we are force to choose between art and science, we are forced to use our right or left brain, we are forced to creative or brainy. As many modern opinions suggest the key to merging the two cultures is with in the balance of teaching the two simultaneously and allowing the cultures to grow together. 




Elkins, James. "Aesthetics and the Two Cultures: Why Art and Science Should Be Allowed to Go Their Separate Ways." Acdemia.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.

Snow, C. P. “Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.” Reading. 1959. New York: Cambridge UP, 1961. Print.

Snow, C.P. The Two Cultures: And a Second Look. N.p.: n.p., 1963. Print.

Brockman, John. The Third Culture. N.p.: n.p., 1995. Print.

Hunter, Carol. "Balancing the Art and Science of Education." SmartBlogs. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.

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