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The Radical Use of Chance in 20th Century Art.
To many, chance and art are antagonistic terms. But a number of 20th century artists have turned this notion on its head by attempting to create artworks based on randomness. Among those, three in particular articulated a well-argued and thorough theory of the radical use of chance in art: André Br...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Editions Rodopi
2011.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Introduction; 1. The Rise of Chance in Modern Sciences; Chao ab ordo; Modern sciences; Summary; Part I; 2. The Tribulations of Chance within Philosophical Thought; Determinism; Religious Determinism; Materialistic Determinism; Free agency; Implications of Determinism for chance; The possibility of chance within Determinism; Mobilism: toward an alternative to Determinism; 3. The Philosophy of Clément Rosset; Setting the tone; Chance and reality; 'Le tragique', approbation and 'joie de vivre'; Duplicates; Freedom; Conclusion; Part II.
- 4. The Dialogue of Chance and the ArtsA close bond; Chance: a new history of literature; Chance as a theme; Fruitfulness; Summary; 5. André Breton; Chance in the works of André Breton; Chance in the thought of André Breton; Breton's chance, Rosset's chance
- comparison and contrast; Conclusion; 6. François Morellet; Short contextualisation; Chance in the works of François Morellet; Chance in the thought of François Morellet; Morellet's chance, Rosset's chance
- comparison and contrast; Conclusion; 7. John Cage; Chance in the works of John Cage; Chance in the thought of John Cage.
- Cage's chance, Rosset's chance
- comparison and contrastConclusion; General conclusion; On the relationship between Artificialism and chance-as-art; The possibility of chance-as-art; The future of chance? ; Bibliography; Appendix 1 (Interview with Clément Rosset); Appendix 2 (Interview with François Morellet).