Lynn Gamwell

Mathematics + Art: A Cultural History

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This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration. Mathematics and Art demonstrates how mathematical ideas are embodied in the visual art… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Tyson, Neil Degrasse (Solist)

ISBN: 978-0-691-16528-8
EAN: 9780691165288
Produktnummer: 18019983
Verlag: Princeton Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 576 S.
Masse: H31.9 cm x B25.8 cm x D4.7 cm 3'096 g
Gewicht: 3096

Über den Autor

Lynn Gamwell is lecturer in the history of art, science, and mathematics at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is the author of Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual (Princeton).