Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light Paperback - 2007
by Leonard Shlain
Art interprets the visible world, while physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in Art & Physics, Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. He explores art's strange clairvoyance by invoking evolutionary theory, split-brain research, philosophy and mythology. Photos and illustrations.
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Art interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reveal truths for which there are no words--with physicists using the language of mathematics and artists using visual images. In Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. From the classical Greek sculptors to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and from Aristotle to Einstein, artists have foreshadowed the discoveries of scientists, such as when Monet and Cezanne intuited the coming upheaval in physics that Einstein would initiate. In this lively and colorful narrative, Leonard Shlain explores how artistic breakthroughs could have prefigured the visionary insights of physicists on so many occasions throughout history. Provicative and original, Art & Physics is a seamless integration of the romance of art and the drama of science--and an exhilarating history of ideas.
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- Title Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light
- Author Leonard Shlain
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2007-02-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061227974 / 0061227978
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.34 x 1.33 in (23.27 x 16.10 x 3.38 cm)
- Category Art & Art Instruction
- Library of Congress subjects Art - Philosophy, Physics - Influence
- Dewey Decimal Code 701
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