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Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings
At the turn of the 19th century the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was commissioned to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. However the three paintings he produced – Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence – were rejected by the university and later destroyed by retreatin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31368889 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50016 |
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description | At the turn of the 19th century the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was commissioned to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. However the three paintings he produced – Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence – were rejected by the university and later destroyed by retreating German troops during World War II. The story of these paintings, and another called Goldfish, illuminates common ground between art and science, and highlights ongoing tensions in the relationships between art, science and society. |
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spelling | pubmed-66755412019-08-05 Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings Pereda, Alberto E eLife Feature Article At the turn of the 19th century the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was commissioned to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. However the three paintings he produced – Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence – were rejected by the university and later destroyed by retreating German troops during World War II. The story of these paintings, and another called Goldfish, illuminates common ground between art and science, and highlights ongoing tensions in the relationships between art, science and society. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6675541/ /pubmed/31368889 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50016 Text en © 2019, Pereda https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Feature Article Pereda, Alberto E Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title | Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title_full | Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title_fullStr | Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title_full_unstemmed | Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title_short | Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings |
title_sort | science, art, society and klimt’s university of vienna paintings |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31368889 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50016 |
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