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Chesca asked:

Please cite some philosophers who dealt with similarities between poetry and science and/ or
similarities between art and science. if possible, cite some webpages where I can research more
about them.

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On art by an artist:

Kosuth, J. (1991). Art after philosophy and after: collected writings, 1966-1990.Cambridge, MA: The
MIT Press.

Shahn, B. (1957). The shape of content.

Fenollosa, E. (1968). The Chinese written character as a medium for poetry.(Edited by Ezra Pound)

Tanizaki, J. (1977). In praise of shadows.

Art & psychology:

Arnheim, R. (1974). Art and visual perception; a psychology of the creative eye.

Philosophy of art by a philosopher:

Santayana, G. (1955). The sense of beauty.

Goodman, N. (1976). Languages of art.Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company.

Levinson, J. (1990). Music, art, and metaphysics: essays in philosophical aesthetics.Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press.

Kivy, P. (1994). 'How music moves'. In Alperson, P.(pp. 147-163). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania
State University Press.

Kivy, P. (1990). Music alone: philosophical reflections on the purely musical experience.Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press.

Turner, M. (1996). The literary mind.New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Maritain, J. (1968). Creative intuition in art and poetry.

Holt, M. (1971). Mathematics in art.

Incredible and unique:

Kepes, G. E. (1965). Structure in art and in science.New York, NY: George Braziller.

Kepes, G. E. (1965). Education of vision.New York, NY: George Braziller.

Kepes, G. E. (1965). The nature and art of motion.New York, NY: George Braziller.

Steven Ravett Brown