Henderson, Linda Dalrymple, 1948-
The fourth dimension and non-Euclidean geometry in modern art / Linda Dalrymple Henderson.
Revised edition.
London, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
xxvii, 729 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Leonardo
In this groundbreaking study, first published in 1983 and unavailable for over a decade, Linda Dalrymple Henderson demonstrates that two concepts of space beyond immediate perception - the curved spaces of non-Euclidean geometry and, most important, a higher, fourth dimension of space - were central to the development of modern art. The possibility of a spatial fourth dimension suggested that our world might be merely a shadow or section of a higher dimensional existence. That iconoclastic idea encouraged radical innovation by a variety of early twentieth-century artists, ranging from French Cubists, Italian Futurists, and Marcel Duchamp, to Max Weber, Kazimir Malevich, and the artists of De Stijl and Surrealism. In an extensive new Reintroduction, Henderson surveys the impact of interest in higher dimensions of space in art and culture from the 1950s to 2000. Although largely eclipsed by relativity theory beginning in the 1920s, the spatial fourth dimension experienced a resurgence during the later 1950s and 1960s. In a remarkable turn of events, it has returned as an important theme in contemporary culture in the wake of the emergence in the 1980s of both string theory in physics (with its ten- or eleven-dimensional universes) and computer graphics. Henderson demonstrates the importance of this new conception of space for figures ranging from Buckminster Fuller, Robert Smithson, and the Park Place Gallery group in the 1960s to Tony Robbin and digital architect Marcos Novak. -- Publishers website.
9780262582445 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262582449 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780262536554
0262536552
Art, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Fourth dimension.
Geometry in art.
Geometry, Non-Euclidean.
Art 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Quatrième dimension.
Géométrie non-euclidienne.
Géométrie dans l'art.
Art, Modern Themes, motives
Dimension 4
Kunst
Nichteuklidische Geometrie
Leonardo book series.
Location: Library main 282467
Call No.: BIB 220058
Status: Available
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