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Cosmology in art

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Cosmology --- Cosmology in art --- Astronomy in art --- History --- Universe

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"This book is about how certain ideas related to the concept of space in mathematics and physics have been expressed, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in contemporary and abstract art. It discusses the notion of space, and related abstract notions such as randomness, entropy, the geometry of numbers, the shape of the cosmos, and how such notions were envisioned and elaborated in both scientific developments and across the history of modern and contemporary art, especially abstract art. The author, a mathematical physicist, presents a series of mathematical and scientific concepts and themes and describe their counterparts in the work of (mostly) contemporary artists. Readers with a more advanced scientific background will find precise mathematical terminology, while the material is organized so that people can also read through the text by ignoring the more technical aspects and still follow easily the plain language explanation of ideas and concepts. Scientifically minded readers will recognize familiar concepts, such as entropy, randomness, and topology, as playing an important role in the language of abstract art. Artists, art historians, and art enthusiasts who are curious about the ideas underlying modern developments in mathematics and theoretical physics will see the connections to the work of contemporary artists"--

Art and science --- Art, Modern - Themes, motives --- Space and time in art --- Cosmology in art

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"Vers 1900, Frantisek Kupka donne une des images les plus mystérieuses du courant symboliste international, Le Commencement de la vie. En 1968, le cinéaste Stanley Kubrick réalise l'un de ses chefs-d'oeuvre, 2001, A Space Odissey. À des années de distance, c'est la même vision enchanteresse de " l'enfant des étoiles ", un foetus flottant et irradiant dans la nuit cosmique. Par quel réseau de significations obscures ces deux images sont-elles liées ? En répondant à cette question, l'essai d'Arnauld Pierre fait émerger les contours d'un mythe de notre temps, situé à la croisée des théories de l'évolution et de l'astronomie moderne : le mythe de la " maternité cosmique ". L'" embryon d'or " kupkien et l'enfant des étoiles " kubrickien n'en sont jamais que les représentations les plus évocatrices. Elles voisinent avec celles d'autres artistes, du romantique Philipp Otto Runge au futuriste Enrico Prampolini, de Casimir Malevitch à Barnett Newman, et font place à des images issues de la culture scientifique comme de l'imagerie populaire, de la gravure du XIXe siècle au cinéma commercial. Cette iconographie cosmique est replacée dans la grande tradition des récits de renaissance, les palingénésies, qui inscrivent l'origine et le destin de l'humanité dans celui de l'univers tout entier. Loin de borner l'homme à son état de développement actuel, ils le projettent vers de nouveaux stades de l'évolution, vers l'accomplissement de I' être compréhensif " capable de résoudre l'énigme du monde." P. [4] of cover.

Cosmology in art --- Creation in art. --- Art, Modern --- Cosmologie dans l'art --- Création dans l'art --- Art --- Iconographie --- Symbolique --- Sémiologie --- Analyse de l'art --- Creation in art --- Création dans l'art --- Art, Modern - 20th century