The Power of Line: Linea III - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3777424986 ISBN 13: 9783777424989

Casa editrice: Hirmer Verlag, 2016

Riassunto

There are no lines in nature&;they are always the creation of humans, manifestations of human action, perception, and design. Lines can divide or connect, may be static or full of movement, and represent and create forms in space and time. And in many cultures, lines take center stage in science, art, writing, drawing, and construction. Employing a vast array of academic perspectives, this fascinating collection delves into the phenomenon of the line, as well as the power it holds for us.
             
From the history of art and science to philosophy, the essays in The Power of Line elucidate the semantic and conceptual depth of the line in European, Asian, and Islamic cultures. As they trace the continuity and transformation of the line over the course of centuries, the authors not only reveal it to be a constitutive element in architecture, art, and writing, but also uncover its importance as a medium of expression in both choreography and the scientific and technological fields. With copious full-color images, The Power of Line is a captivating exploration of the line as an essential artistic and cultural means of expression.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gerhard Wolf is an art historian, director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, and honorary professor at Humboldt University in Berlin. Marzia Faietti is the director of the Uffizi Department of Prints and Drawings, also in Florence.

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This book explores the many dimensions of the power of lines, a phenonemon of highest semantic and conceptual density. Theontological status of lines is polihedral, with their ever changing material nature and appearance, their continuous shifting between stability and motion, their ability to divide and unite, to represent and to create form in space and time.Lines are major agents in arts and science, for example in drawing, writing and building, in and between cultures. Fascinated by lines and their potential, the curators of this volume have suggested a multi-disciplinary dialogue over the last years. "Power of Line" presents the results of this experience and pushes the argument further, under various points of view, mostly from art and architectural history, but also philosophy, history of science and performance studies. The essays of this volume study Chinese and Japanese lines, European and Islamic ones, lines which evoke nature, architecture and other visual cultures, lines as pictorial or graphic signs, traces and gestures, concerned with letters or choreographies.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hirmer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3777424986
• ISBN 13: 9783777424989
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 239
• Redattore: Faietti Marzia, Wolf Gerhard
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile