Grounding the Arts: Crossing the History of Art with the History of Earth Sciences
Panel at 36th CIHA World Congress - Lyon 2024 (https://www.cihalyon2024.fr/en/)
Grounding the Arts: Crossing the History of Art with the History of Earth Sciences
In 1597, Agostino del Riccio wrote in his Istoria delle pietre, “why do we visit Rome and Florence and other cities if it is not to see stones reduced to good shapes?" He thus expressed the link that has always existed between materials from the Earth and artistic creation. This link puts into question the relationship between the natural and the artificial, materials and crafts.