<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Avenir-Book; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0.75pt;" class=""><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing<o:p class=""></o:p></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><a href="http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/laura-j-snyder" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Laura Snyder</a>, PhD, Science Writer and Professor of Philosophy, St. John's University</i><br class=""><b class="">1 Session:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, April 8, 7:00–8:30pm<br class=""><b class="">Location:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="http://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/HB.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Hunnewell Building</a>, Arnold Arboretum<br class=""><br class="">“See for yourself!” was the clarion call of the 1600s. Scientists peered at nature through microscopes and telescopes, making the discoveries in astronomy, physics, chemistry, and anatomy that ignited the Scientific Revolution. Artists investigated nature with lenses, mirrors, and camera obscuras, creating extraordinarily detailed paintings of flowers and insects, and scenes filled with realistic effects of light, shadow, and color. By extending the reach of sight the new optical instruments prompted the realization that there is more than meets the eye. But they also raised questions about how we see and what it means to see. In answering these questions, scientists and artists in Delft changed how we perceive the world. Author of The Philosophical Breakfast Club, a Scientific American Notable Book, Laura Snyder returns to the Arboretum to share her latest book, Eye of the Beholder, in which she pairs painter with natural philosopher to explain the revelatory ways of seeing in the 17th century.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Fee $10<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=1" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Register</a><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Students:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Email</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or call 617-384-5277 to register for free.<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pam<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pamela Thompson<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Manager of Adult Education<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">125 Arborway<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Boston, MA 02130<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">617-384-5277<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>