Galileo Edgerton Analysis

Artists often utilize science to create their work, as seen in their knowledge of the effects of color, lighting, and perspective on the human mind. But, as discussed in Edgerton’s writing, this relationship is mutual: art influences science, as seen in Galileo’s work. During the Galileo’s lifetime, the use of perspective became prevalent in art, as was chiaroscuro, a style involving shading to reproduce lighting effects. Edgerton believes Galileo himself was talented with chiaroscuro, illustrated by drawings that he created of the moon. When Galileo looked at the moon, he saw the contrasting details on its surface and applied geometry and his artistic knowledge of shadows and lighting to deduce the size and shape of features on the lunar