Read The Signs: The Evolution of Writing, In Science and Art

March 19th, 2025

Washington, DC , United States

A look at some recent science and art history around the use of written text in visual art. Perspectives from evolution, neuroscience and art history.

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Humans created letters based on shapes they regularly saw in their environments, which the human brain was able to perceive and interpret, even in highly abstract forms.

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Michele Banks

My ink and watercolor paintings, on themes ranging from neuroscience to the microbiome to climate change, been shown at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and at the Society for Neuroscience , as well as at many galleries and art festivals.

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Read The Signs: The Evolution of Writing, In Science and Art

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Michele Banks