The Two Faces of Beauty Science and Art (Hardcover)

Science and art are both manifestations of beauty and creativity. Both are related to nature and are products of evolution. Understanding natural phenomena and the appreciation of beauty has conferred an evolutionary advantage to the human species. As mankind has evolved intellectually and socially and as science has progressed, artistic creations by humans have tended towards increasing harmony with nature and they have become more abstract - like mathematics, which is the abstraction of all sciences. The authors of this unusual work postulate some critical ideas on science, art and aesthetics, and establish that we need both, a scientific temper and the temper of art. Evidence to support these theses is drawn from mathematics, physics, studies in molecular biology, and also from music, fine art and design. Readers are taken through lucid prose with the help of illustrations of natural phenomenon such as spiral galaxies, spider web, the Fibonacci series and fractals in lightning, and of products of human creativity such as paintings of masters like Picasso, Husain and Escher, musical pieces, textile fragments and Ajanta caves frescoes.

General

Imprint:	Mapin Publishing Pvt,
Country of origin:	India
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
Dimensions:	220 x 175mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-81-89995-69-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	81-89995-69-3
Barcode:	9788189995690

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