This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Art and Science: Intertwined Visions Afternoon Lecture/Seminar Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. ET Code: 1J0127 Location: This program is part of ourSmithsonian Associates Streaming series. Select your Tickets $20 Member $25 Non-Member Resize text Illustrated page from the "Natural History for all Social Ranks", 1833 The Renaissance heralded changes in Western art and science that reflected a shift in how nature was observed and recorded. Artists portrayed plants and animals with increased fidelity to nature, and natural philosophers began to replace myths with scientific explanations of the natural world. Each process relied on direct and careful observation and often the artist became a naturalist, or a naturalist, an artist. Assisted by images of animals and plants, classification helped to order the natural world in minds of scholars. By the late 17th and early 18th century, some artist-naturalists such as Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby were beginning to depict plants and animals that could be found together in the same habitat, leading to the early beginnings of ecological studies. Kay Etheridge, a biology professor at Gettysburg College, traces these revolutionary changes in the ways animals and plants were portrayed and how that led to a transformation in our understanding of nature. Patron Information If you register multiple individuals, you will be asked to supply individual names and email addresses so they can receive a Zoom link email. Please note that if there is a change in program schedule or a cancellation, we will notify you via email, and it will be your responsibility to notify other registrants in your group. Unless otherwise noted, registration for streaming programs typically closes two hours prior to the start time on the date of the program. Once registered, patrons should receive an automatic email confirmation from CustomerService@SmithsonianAssociates.org. Separate Zoom link information will be emailed closer to the date of the program. If you do not receive your Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the start of the program, please email Customer Service for assistance. View Common FAQs about our Streaming Programs on Zoom.