The Virtual Museum of the University of Barcelona holds an exhibition about light
The Virtual Museum of the University of Barcelona holds a new virtual exhibition entitled Lux, Lucis - Knowledge Is Light. It shows the many possibilities of analyzing and understanding the phenomenon of light with multi-disciplinary approaches, such as physics, religion, astronomy or philosophy. It shows a wide range of objects coming from the heritage of the University of Barcelona: from photographs, books, paintings, to scientific tools or plants. With this material the exhibition explores the different traits of the light, and how arts, science and nature have studied, transformed and promoted it.
The Virtual Museum of the University of Barcelona holds a new virtual exhibition entitled Lux, Lucis - Knowledge Is Light. It shows the many possibilities of analyzing and understanding the phenomenon of light with multi-disciplinary approaches, such as physics, religion, astronomy or philosophy. It shows a wide range of objects coming from the heritage of the University of Barcelona: from photographs, books, paintings, to scientific tools or plants. With this material the exhibition explores the different traits of the light, and how arts, science and nature have studied, transformed and promoted it.
The exhibition starts with the coat of arms of the University of Barcelona, which includes the representation of the sun together with the motto Libertas Perfundet Omnia Luce, which means “freedom lightens everything with its light”. There are also minerals from the Faculty of Geology, pictures from the Museum of Catalan Pharmacy, and works by contemporary authors from the collection of the Faculty of Fine Arts, old scientific tools, and objects from the collection of the Animal Biodiversity Resource Center (CRBA).