Crossing Over

Art and Science at Caltech, 1920-2020

Peter Sachs Collopy, Claudia Bohn-Spector, John Vincent Decemvirale , Soraya de Chadarevian

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Getty Publications
29 October 2024

Architectural structure & design

This book offers an exciting in-depth look at the intersection of art and science at the renowned California Institute of Technology.

Science is as much a visual practice as a textual or quantitative one. For centuries, scientists have used microscopes, telescopes, painting, illustration, printing, and photography to perceive nature and communicate what they see in it, often in collaboration with artists. In the twentieth century, scientists also came to view creativity as an essential resource and looked to art to foster it.

Crossing Over is an interdisciplinary publication that looks at one prominent university—the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena—as a site for scientific and artistic image production. Uncovering the rich pictorial record embedded in its Archives and Special Collections, a team of visual culture scholars examines Caltech through a series of tightly focused case studies. How, the authors ask, have science and engineering institutions like Caltech used scientific representation, art, and architecture to construct themselves and produce discovery and invention? This book reveals new facets of life and work at Caltech that will be illuminating even to those familiar with the school, showcasing views that informed—and were informed by—the vibrant visual culture of Southern California.

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the California Institute of Technology from September 27 to December 15, 2024.

Contributions by: John Vincent Decemvirale, Soraya de Chadarevian, Christopher Hawthorne
Edited by: Peter Sachs Collopy, Claudia Bohn-Spector
Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm,
ISBN: 9781606069424
ISBN 10: 160606942X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Sachs Collopy is university archivist and head of Archives and Special Collections at the California Institute of Technology. Claudia Bohn-Spector is an independent curator.

Reviews for Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920-2020

""For more than a century, the California Institute of Technology has been a world-leader in science and technology. Less well known is the rich visual culture--whether in the form of fine art, astrophotography, architectural drawings, or biological illustrations--that has accompanied and amplified Caltech's research mission. With Crossing Over, Sachs Collopy and Bohn-Spector have assembled a marvelous collection of essays and artworks which showcase how the visual arts have been essential ingredients in Caltech's accomplishments. This book is a joy to view."" --W. Patrick McCray, University of California, Santa Barbara