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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lejeune, Denis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Rodopi, 2012.
Colección:Faux titre ; no. 366.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""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 tragiqueâ€?, approbation and â€?joie de vivreâ€?""""Duplicates""; ""Freedom""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part II""; ""4. The Dialogue of Chance and the Arts""; ""A 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""; ""Bretonâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. FranÃois Morellet""; ""Short contextualisation""; ""Chance in the works of FranÃois Morellet""
  • ""Chance in the thought of FranÃois Morellet""""Morelletâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. John Cage""; ""Chance in the works of John Cage""; ""Chance in the thought of John Cage""; ""Cageâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""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 FranÃois Morellet)""