Relationship between Scientific Method and Art Form

The formal aspect of a piece of artwork has the ability to change a person's thought process from being on one side of the spectrum to the other. For example, one could quickly glance at scene from a movie and come to conclusion that this piece of work contains x amount of information which caters to the viewer's perception of the plot. Contrary to this quick glance, one could take time to look at this same scene and break it down pixel by pixel. Analyzing every detail of this scene creates an infinite amount of ideas which caters to the depth and meaning of what visually lies beyond and how it relates to the character, story, symbolism etc. The act of slowly analyzing the details of art is described as critically thinking about its respective form and meaning. The scientific method and our analytical capability of scrutinizing every minute detail of art (form) are both very abstract and very similar. They both seek truth and depth for phenomena.

Creating depth from form is a trait of our imagination. Nature's form has continued on a steady behavior cycle, yet our interpretation of nature has changed dramatically over thousands of years. At first, we analyzed the form of nature and how it treated us as individuals therefore using our emotions to seek for depth. Due to our emotions, we turned to God to give us explanation for nature's predictable, but volatile behavior. The Pope was the source of our depth, and therefore society was controlled by religion. Our imaginations were catered to God, and this also reflected on art from this time period. Paintings and sculptures were solely depictions of religion. Like art, the depth and analytical aspect of explaining natural phenomenon was placed on the will of God. The lack of depth in art and God's explanations for nature's phenomena ran parallel. God's explanation to every phenomena bounded the ability to seek for further truth and create art that depicted any form of underlying depth.

Due to Conciliarism, the belief of limiting the Pope's power because of corruption, a new way of analyzing the form of nature was born. This was the Scientific Method and it began to first become prevalent in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Copernicus, Newton, and Galileo. Analyzing the form of nature with the scientific method was a new way of seeking answers of nature. It relied on theories based on evidence instead of a symbolic higher power of God. Analyzing the form of nature previously was explained by God, but this new scientific method contained explanations with theories that lead to new questions which in turn lead to new theories( An unending cycle of depth). Art was created to depict aesthetic beauty which in turn gave each piece new meaning to each detail (also an unending cycle of depth).

Scrutinizing the form of nature through the scientific method contains the same exact analytical aspect of imagination that is applied to analyzing a piece of art. From a minute detail on a painting, to a new scientific discovery, seeking the truth about the unique natural form of anything and being conscious of form gives us the ability as humans to be capable of critical thought.