Sept. 14th -Color and Light

7.30-7.45

• Short introduction of the work of James Turell
  

7.45-8.45

• Al-Hazen and the discovery of light entering the eye
  
• rainbows and refraction of light
  
• Newton’s crucial experiment with prisms and the colors in light.
  
• complementary colors and the mixing of colored light
  
• scattering and filtering light, blue sky experiment
  
• the electromagnetic spectrum and visible light
  
• sources of light
  
  

9.15-9.30 break

9.30-9.45

• We’ll explore the classic Magic Wand experiment, first developed by artist Bob Miller
  

9.45-10.15

• Discussion of previous week’s exercise, short outline of midterm project
  
• Joseph Cornell often used colored filters in his artwork. For next week’s exercise we’d like you to use your colored filter pack to view your own artwork and write a one-page description of what you saw: did anything surprise you?