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SUMMARY:Physics and Astronomy Departmental Colloquium (Prof. Britt Lundgren
 )
CONTACT:Swagato Banerjee\, 5028520915\, email:swagato.banerjee@louisville.e
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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Prof. Britt Lundgren (University of North Carolina, 
 Asheville)\n\nDate: Friday October 9, 2026, 3-4 p.m.\n\nPlace: Natural Sc
 iences Building, Room 112 \n\nTitle: Connecting 19th Century Physics and 
 the Birth of Abstract Art\n\nAbstract: \nThe pioneering Swedish abstract 
 artist Hilma af Klint is known to have been influenced by scientific devel
 opments at the turn of the twentieth century. However, many of her paintin
 gs from 1914 to 1916 exhibit similarities to diagrams published much earli
 er in the English polymath Thomas Young’s 1807 A Course of Lectures on 
 Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts. Key elements and themes in af 
 Klint’s paintings during this key period suggest Young’s Lectures ma
 y have been a major source for her work. This talk will explore this idea 
 and other parallels between the lives and legacies of the visionary scient
 ist and the abstract art pioneer, with additional insights about af Klint
 ’s other connections to astronomy and the Swedish physicist Knut Angstro
 m.
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LOCATION:Natural Sciences Building
URL:https://events.louisville.edu/events/physics-and-astronomy-departmental
 -colloquium-prof-britt-lundgren/2026-10-09
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