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A R T I S T ' S  A R T I C L E
Polarization Microscopy
as an Art Tool: Border Crossing
between Art and Nature

ABSTRACT

Until recently, polarisation microscopy has been little

developed as an art tool. It holds, however, an

enormous aesthetic potential. The author first reviews

the theoretical and technical background of the

polarization microscopy and then discusses how select

microscopic structures imaged via polarization

microscopy can be represented according to the artist's

individual aesthetic choices, the most important

of which is color design by interference.

The conscious perception of the picture by the observer

is discussed on the basis of our present knowledge of

cognitive neurosciences. Polarization microscopy leads

to a crossing of the boundaries between nature and the

forms of non-representational painting.

CONTENT

HISTORICAL REVIEW
THEORETICAL AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
  Normal and Polarised Light
  Interference Colors
  Polarization Microscopy
  Substances
PHOTOMICROGRAPHY
THE ARTIST, THE WORK AND THE RECIPIENT
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PICTURES
ARTIST OR NO ARTIST