The iconology of abstraction : non-figurative images and the modern world /: non-figurative images and the modern world. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Krešimir Purgar.
• Editors: Purgar, Krešimir
• Contents: Introduction Should Abstract Images Have Their "own" Iconology? Krešimir Purgar Prolegomena 1. Why Pictures are Signs? The Semiotics of (Non)Representational Pictures Winfried Noth Part 1: History and Theory of Abstraction 2. The Founding of Abstraction: Wilhelm Worringer and the Avant-Garde Anselm Treichler 3. The Iconology of Malevich’s Suprematist Crosses Marie Gaspter-Hulvat 4. Literality and Non-Referentiality in the Abstraction of Objecthood Blaženka Perica 5. Representational Abstract Pictures Regina-Nino Mion 6. What is Abstraction in Photography? Diarmuid Costello PART 2: Philosophy of Abstraction 7. Abstraction and Transperceptual Space Paul Crowther 8. The Visualization of Temporality in the Abstract Paintings of Barnett Newman Claude Cernuschi 9. Rethinking Abstraction Post-Phenomenologically: Michel Henry and Henri Maldiney Bruno Lessard PART 3: Redefining Abstraction—Analog vs. Digital 10. Visual Music and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde Synesthaesia to Digital Technestaesia Michael Betancourt 11. Ecology and Climatology in Modern Abstract Art Linn Burchert 12. Digital Abstraction: Interface between Electronic Media Art and Data Visualization Birgit Mersmann 13. Towards a Transsensorial Technology of Abstraction (Ekstraction) Clemens C. Finkelstein 14. Digital Landscapes of the Internet: Glitch Art, Vaporwave, Spectacular Cyberspace Dario Vuger PART 4: Abstraction in Science and Technology 15. The Material Site of Abstraction: Grid-based Data Visualisation in Brain Scans Silvia Casini 16. Reference and Affect: Visual Abstraction in Computation and the Neurosciences Michael Reinsborough 17. Reality Effect of (Abstract) Maps in Post-Digital Era Ana Peraica Coda 18. Visualizing the End of Visibility: M87* Event-Horizon Image Yanai Toister
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.226; Visual metaphor; Abstraction; Art, Abstract
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429557576; 9780429553103; 9780429562044; 9780429262500
• Related ISBNs: 9780367206048
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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