“There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, 

Gyorgy Kepes, "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science." --Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific Education, 1869. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1958, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.157
Gyorgy Kepes, "There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science." --Thomas Henry Huxley, , 1958, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 23 1⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (58.8 x 43.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.157

Artwork Details

Title
“There are other forms of culture beside physical science; and I should be profoundly sorry to see the fact forgotten, or even to observe a tendency to starve, or cripple, literary, or aesthetic, culture for the sake of science.” –Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific Education, 1869. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1958
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (58.8 x 43.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
acrylic and graphite on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1984.124.157
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.157

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