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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Michael BrainPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780295993218ISBN 10: 0295993219 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 October 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Experimentalizing Life 1. Representation on the Line 2. The Vibratory Organism 3. Visible Speech Part 2: Experimentalizing Art 4. Algorithms of Pleasure 5. Liberating Verse 6. Sensory Fusion 7. Art for Life’s Sake Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews""[A] highly creative endeavour in the cultural history of science and aesthetics which provides a compelling account of the inspiration which various early practitioners of the modernist movement drew from the physiological laboratories of the nineteenth century. For historians working at the intersection between science and art it is essential reading, whilst historians of science, technology and medicine more medicine more generally can draw inspiration from this approach just as artists in the late nineteenth century looked outside the conventional boundaries of their practice to inform new directions of experimentation in the studio."" -- James F. Stark * The British Journal for the History of Science * ""The Pulse of Modernism is richly informed by scholarship in art history, history of science, and social studies of science. Its synthesis of wide-ranging philosophical and scientific matters makes for intensive reading, yet readers are generously rewarded with exquisite descriptions of laboratory techniques, scientific discoveries, and works of art."" -- Jill Morawski * Journal of Modern History * [A] highly creative endeavour in the cultural history of science and aesthetics which provides a compelling account of the inspiration which various early practitioners of the modernist movement drew from the physiological laboratories of the nineteenth century. For historians working at the intersection between science and art it is essential reading, whilst historians of science, technology and medicine more medicine more generally can draw inspiration from this approach just as artists in the late nineteenth century looked outside the conventional boundaries of their practice to inform new directions of experimentation in the studio. -- James F. Stark The British Journal for the History of Science Author InformationRobert Michael Brain is associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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