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9783777424989: The Power of Line: Linea III
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ISBN 10: 3777424986 ISBN 13: 9783777424989
Editorial: Hirmer, 2016

Sinopsis

In many cultures lines take centre stage in art and science, in writing, drawing and construction. This publication explores the fascination and power of the phenomenon of the line from the point of view of various academic disciplines ranging from the history of art to philosophy and the history of science.

There are no lines in nature; lines are always the expression of human actions, perception and design. Lines divide or connect; they are sometimes static and sometimes gestural and full of movement; they represent and create forms in space and time. The essays in this volume elucidate the semantic and conceptual depth of the line in European, Asian and Islamic cultures and reveal the continuity and transformation of the line over the course of centuries as a constitutive element in architecture, art and writing and as a medium of expression in choreography and scientific and technological fields.

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Acerca del autor

Gerhard Wolf is an art historian, director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, and honorary professor at Humboldt University in Berlin. Marzia Faietti is the director of the Uffizi Department of Prints and Drawings, also in Florence.

De la contraportada

This book explores the many dimensions of the power of lines, a phenonemon of highest semantic and conceptual density. Theontological status of lines is polihedral, with their ever changing material nature and appearance, their continuous shifting between stability and motion, their ability to divide and unite, to represent and to create form in space and time.Lines are major agents in arts and science, for example in drawing, writing and building, in and between cultures. Fascinated by lines and their potential, the curators of this volume have suggested a multi-disciplinary dialogue over the last years. "Power of Line" presents the results of this experience and pushes the argument further, under various points of view, mostly from art and architectural history, but also philosophy, history of science and performance studies. The essays of this volume study Chinese and Japanese lines, European and Islamic ones, lines which evoke nature, architecture and other visual cultures, lines as pictorial or graphic signs, traces and gestures, concerned with letters or choreographies.

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Editorial
Hirmer
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
3777424986
ISBN 13 
9783777424989
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
240
Editor
Faietti Marzia
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