The two
cultures are seen here clearly: the science aspect is directly visible in that
the pendulum is using the Earth’s rotation and gravitational pull that is
making the pendulum work. But the art work above the piece as well as the
elegant design of the pendulum itself shows the creative art side in the exhibit.
The two cultures elegantly come together with the sleek design of the gun metal
ball at the end of the pendulum, as it slowly swings responding to the Earth’s
movement. C.P. Snow talks about how the two cultures merge to become a third culture
and this is essentially what the whole Griffith Observatory museum is an
example of.
I do recommend
going to see this exhibit, but the whole museum as well. You will experience
the beauty as art that there is in the world through all of the scientific
revelations throughout the many years. The premises is a work of art in itself,
sitting at the top of the Hollywood Hills, overlooking Los Angeles and the
Hollywood Sign. This exhibit specifically is an immersion into the third
culture, not only the design of the Foucault Pendulum but the breathtaking
artwork surrounding the scientific revelation brings together the whole
exhibit.
Works Cited
Angela Soderquist. 2016. Photograph. Los Angeles, California
"Foucault Pendulum." Griffith
Observatory. Web. 01 May 2016.
<http://griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/centralrotunda_foucaultpendulum.html>.
Snow, C. P. “The
Two Cultures and The Scientific Revolution.” New York: Cambridge UP, 1961.
Print.
Vesna,
Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo 34.2
(2001): 121-25. Web.
Vesna, Victoria. "Week 1 View." UC Online. Web. 03 May 2016. <https://cole2.uconline.edu/courses/484297/pages/unit-1-view?module_item_id=8599378>.
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