Exploring the invisible : art, science, and the spiritual / Lynn Gamwell.
| Author/creator | Gamwell, Lynn, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002. |
| Description | 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword: Science as the artist's muse / by Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Introduction -- Art in pursuit of the absolute: romanticism -- Adopting a scientific worldview -- The French art of observation: a cool rejection of Darwin -- Loving and loathing science at the fin de siècle -- Looking inward: art and the human mind -- Wordless music and abstract art -- The culmination of Newton's clockwork universe -- Einstein's space-time universe -- Abstract art with a cosmic perspective -- Surrealist science -- The atomic sublime -- The disunity of nature: postmodern art, science, and the spiritual. |
| General note | "Novartis." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-332) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002025106 |
| ISBN | 0691089728 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | N72.S3 G36 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |