The Visual Mind II by M Emmer

The Visual Mind II by M Emmer

Essays on mathematics and art as visual expression.

Mathematical forms rendered visually can give aesthetic pleasure; certain works of art--Max Bill's Moebius band sculpture, for example--can seem to be mathematics made visible. This collection of essays by artists and mathematicians continues the discussion of the connections between art and mathematics begun in the widely read first volume of The Visual Mind in 1993.

Mathematicians throughout history have created shapes, forms, and relationships, and some of these can be expressed visually. Computer technology allows us to visualize mathematical forms and relationships in new detail using, among other techniques, 3D modeling and animation. The Visual Mind proposes to compare the visual ideas of artists and mathematicians--not to collect abstract thoughts on a general theme, but to allow one point of view to encounter another. The contributors, who include art historian Linda Dalrymple Henderson and filmmaker Peter Greenaway, examine mathematics and aesthetics; geometry and art; mathematics and art; geometry, computer graphics, and art; and visualization and cinema. They discuss such topics as aesthetics for computers, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, cubism and relativity in twentieth-century art, the aesthetic value of optimal geometry, and mathematics and cinema.

Michele Emmer is professor of mathematics at La Sapienza University in Rome. He has made eighteen films in the series Arte e matematica, including a film on Escher. He is the editor of the book series Mathematics and Culture (Springer) and The Visual Mind (MIT Press). His latest books are: Bolle di sapone tra arte e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2009), winner of the 2010 Viareggio Prize; Flatlandia by E. Abbott, accompanied a film on DVD by the same name with music by Ennio Morricone (Bollati Boringhieri, 2008); Visibili armonie. Arte cinema teatro e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2007); The Visual Mind 2 (MIT Press, 2006); M. C. Escher's Legacy (Springer, 2003), Mathematics and Culture VI (Springer, 2009); Numeri immaginari. Cinema e matematica (Bollati Boringhieri, 2011); Matematica e cultura 2011 (Springer, 2011).

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ISBN 13	9780262550635
ISBN 10	0262550636
Title	The Visual Mind II
Author	M Emmer
Series	Leonardo
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2006-09-08
Number of pages	712
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