This book uncovers how we make meaning of abstraction, both historically and in present times, and examines abstract images as a visual language.
The contributors demonstrate that abstraction is not primarily an artistic phenomenon, but rather arises from human beings’ desire to imagine, understand and communicate complex, ineffable concepts in fields ranging from fine art and philosophy to technologies of data visualization, from cartography and medicine to astronomy.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in image studies, visual studies, art history, philosophy and aesthetics.
Edited by:
Krešimir Purgar
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780367511296
ISBN 10: 0367511290
Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 19 December 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"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 PART 2: Philosophy of Abstraction 6. What is Abstraction in Photography? Diarmuid Costello 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"
Krešimir Purgar is Associate Professor in the Academy of Arts and Culture at J. J. Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia.
