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		The Louise W. and Edmund J. Kahn Liberal Arts Institute supports collaborative research among Smith College faculty, students and visiting scholars without regard to the traditional boundaries of departments, programs and academic divisions. Each year the Institute supports long-term and short-term projects proposed, planned and organized by members of the Smith College faculty.

PUBLIC LECTURE: DID THE GREAT RENAISSANCE MASTERS CHEAT USING OPTICS?

The Calling of St. Matthew by Caravaggio In 2001, artist David Hockney and scientist Charles Falco stunned the art world when they claimed that, as early as 1430, some Renaissance artists secretly employed optical devices to project images onto their canvases, which they then traced or painted over. Their theory attempts to explain the heightened naturalism or "opticality" of painters such as Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. This talk by Dr. David Stork, Chief Scientist at Ricoh Innovations and Consulting Professor of Statistics at Stanford University, presents the results of the first independent examinations of the Hockney/Falco theory.
Friday, October 17, 2008, 12:30 p.m., Graham Auditorium, Hillyer Hall

CALL FOR FACULTY FELLOWS FOR 2008-2009 SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

The Kahn Institute is now accepting applications for Faculty Fellows for its 2008-2009 short-term projects, The Aesthetics of Data and Its Analysis and How Useful Is This Science of Learning. Use the links below to obtain more information about the projects and the application process.

CALL FOR FACULTY FELLOWS FOR 2009-2010 LONG-TERM PROJECTS

The Kahn Institute is now accepting applications for Faculty Fellows for its two long-term projects for 2009-2010, Telling Time: Its Meaning and Measurement and Wellness and Disease. Use the links below to obtain more information about the projects and the application process.