Close Encounters of Art and Physics

Laura Pesce was born in the Venetian region of northern Italy. Following her academic studies, she chose the road of experimentation in the arts. Her fascination for science has always been one of her prime motivations. In her works dedicated to art and physics, she combines glass (her signature medium) with paint on canvas, wood or metal, giving, this way, a pictorial-sculptural vision to the abstract concepts of physics. Laura Pesce's works have been exhibited in many galleries and museums in countries around the world, including Brazil,United States,and Europe. She lives and works in Tuscany,Italy.

• Part I Parallels Between Art and Physics.- Rock Paintings: Primordial Graffiti.- A Sense of the Beauty of Forms.- Were the Dark Ages Really Dark?.- Rebirth!.- The Age of Reason: The Enlightenment.- Impressive Impressions.- What You See Is Not What You Get.- Is Reality Really Real?.- Abstraction: Pure Thought.- Timeless Time.- Does it Belong to the Elite?.- Part II Collaborations.- What Time Is It?.- A Longer History of Time.- Just Call Me Jim.- Quintessence: The Spirit of the World.- Resolving the Unresolved.- The Brain Is an Orchestra.- Let’s Play Chess.- Are There Real Crystals in the Universe?.- Brain and Mind.- In Memory of Tom Kibble.- Conclusion.- Bibliography