Art and the Brain

Plasticity, Embodiment, and the Unclosed Circle

Amy Ione (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

380 Seiten

2016
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-32298-1 (ISBN)

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In her new book Art and the Brain: Plasticity, Embodiment and the Unclosed Circle, Amy Ione offers a profound assessment of our ever-evolving view of the biological brain as it pertains to embodied human experience. She deftly takes the reader from Deep History into our current worldview by surveying the range of nascent responses to perception, thoughts and feelings that have bred paradigmatic changes and led to contemporary research modalities. Interweaving carefully chosen illustrations with the emerging ideas of brain function that define various time periods reinforces a multidisciplinary framework connecting neurological research, theories of mind, art investigations, and intergenerational cultural practices.
The book will serve as a foundation for future investigations of neuroscience, art, and the humanities.

Amy Ione is an artist, educator, international lecturer, and the Director of Berkeley-based Diatrope Institute. She has published many books and journal articles on her multidisciplinary research, including Innovation and Visualization: Trajectories, Strategies, and Myths (Rodopi, 2005).

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Framing Art and the Brain
3. Ancient Foundations
4. The Brain Exposed and Printed
5. The Soul of the Empirical Brain: Thomas Willis and René Descartes
6. The Empirical Brain in Context
7. The Wondrous Book of the Human Brain in 3-Dimensions
8. Art, Anatomy, and the Hunter Brothers
9. Art and Anatomy: Critics and Hired Hands
10. Electricity Sparks the Imagination
11. The Promethean Human
12. Human Autonomy and Light
13. Human Physiognomy, Psychology, and Brain Functions
14. Technological Innovations and the Nervous System
15. The Possible, Improbable, and Realization of the Magical
16. Perception and Frames of Reference
Postscript: The Malleability of History
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Consciousness, Literature and the Arts ; 47
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	709 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	90-04-32298-1 / 9004322981
ISBN-13	978-90-04-32298-1 / 9789004322981
Zustand	Neuware