Algebraic art : mathematical formalism and Victorian culture /

Algebraic Art explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of the nature and value of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics. Drawing on literature, art, and photography, it explores how the Victorian mathematical conception of form still resonates...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henderson, Andrea K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1800-1899
Arts > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Mathematics in art.
Mathematics and literature.
Mathematics in literature.
Arts > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle > Histoire.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Mathématiques dans l'art.
Mathématiques et littérature.
Mathématiques dans la littérature.
MATHEMATICS > Geometry > General.
Arts
English literature > Themes, motives
Mathematics and literature
Mathematics in art
Mathematics in literature
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geometry. Math for math's sake: non-Euclidean geometry and aestheticism
  • Alegbra. Symbolic logic and the logic of symbolism
  • Analysis. Magic mirrors: formalist realism in Victorian physics and photography
  • Analogy. The physics and poetics of analogy
  • Invariant forms. "[T]he bonds of verse": form as discipline
  • Coda: "[T]o bury Euclid deep in the living flesh.

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