Conference The role of the human brain in artistic creation

Name: Conférence Le rôle du cerveau humain dans la création artistique
Start: 2023-09-17T13:15:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T14:15:00+02:00
Location: Cité épiscopale

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 13h15Passé

Studio Mir

Lecture by Jean-Pierre Changeux, Honorary Professor at the Collège de France, member of the Academy of Sciences, donor of the Bossuet Museum Pioneer of the development of neuroscience in France, Jean-Pierre Changeux explores through a multidisciplinary approach the role that our brain plays in our perception of art. His work Le beau et la splendeur du vrai, published in 2023, the pivot of this conference, traces the intellectual adventure of a life through a series of interviews, and questions the neural mechanisms involved in the appreciation of beauty and the processes of artistic creation

À propos du lieu

Cité épiscopale

5 place Charles de Gaulle 77100 Meaux

Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France

The episcopal city of Meaux, corresponds to the old ecclesiastical district of the city in the Middle Ages and under the old regime. Its main monuments are the cathedral of Saint-Etienne, the old episcopal palace (present-day Bossuet museum), the old garden of the bishopric, the building of the Old Chapter. In the north, the Episcopal City adjoins the old rampart of the city that dates back to the Gallo-Roman era.