University of Arizona emeritus professor to lecture on optics and history of art

From MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — Charles M. Falco, emeritus professor in the College of Optical Sciences and Department of Physics at the University of Arizona, will present “The Science of Optics: The History of Art,” on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies. A reception will follow in the lobby of the museum.

In his talk, Falco will discuss the theories of artist David Hockney, who asserts that the almost photographic level of detail in certain drawings and paintings from as early as the...