- Date: 20.03.2025, 17:15
- Venue: UZA II, Lecture Hall 2, (Eduard Suess Hörsaal) Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, Geozentrum, floor 1 (near exit A)
- Within the Earth Sciences Colloqium
Abstract:
Exploring the intersection between science and art — Sciart — inevitably involves microscopy because of its intrinsic ability to reveal minuscule hidden worlds not normally accessible to the public. Aesthetic microscopy, mainly performed in the biosciences using optical and electron devices, has more recently included the world of rocks and minerals as viewed with polarized light microscopy.
After introducing some stunning examples of microscopic Art obtained by electron and optical microscopy on biological specimens, Bernardo Cesare will take you inside rocks and their hidden beauty with the photomicrographs of the project micROCKScopica, where thin slices of rocks are “painted” with polarized light. The results resemble abstract or impressionist works of art. Who would have imagined?
Biography:
Bernardo Cesare, FRMS, FRPS, is Professor at the Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Italy. He studies metamorphic rocks and the origin of granitic magmas. He is Editor of the Journal of Metamorphic Geology. His photographs of rocks and other materials under the polarizing microscope are renowned internationally.
info@microckscopica.org
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