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- About this editionISBN: 9789402411980, 9402411984Page count: 260Published: November 15, 2017Format: ebookPublisher: Springer NetherlandsLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Eiichi TosakiCreate CitationTable of contents
This volume investigates the meaning of visual rhythm through Piet Mondrian’s unique approach to understanding rhythm in the compositional structure of painting, drawing reference from philosophy, aesthetics, and Zen culture. Its innovation lies in its reappraisal of a forgotten definition of rhythm as ‘stasis’ or ‘composition’ which can be traced back to ancient Greek thought. This conception of rhythm, the book argues, can be demonstrated in terms of pictorial strategy, through analysis of East Asian painting and calligraphy with which Greek thought on rhythm has identifiable commonalities. The book demonstrates how these ideas about rhythm draw together various threads of intellectual development in the visual arts that cross disparate aesthetic cultural practices. As an icon of e...
Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessGet bookBuy DigitalThis editionAny editionBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editionsDec 2017Sep 6, 20182017Springer NetherlandsSpringer NetherlandsSpringer NetherlandsHardcoverPaperbackebook260 pages260 pages—Common terms and phrasesabstractaccordingactivatedactualappearsappreciationargumentsaspectassociatedbecomesBlotkampcanvascolourcompletelycomposercompositionconceptconcerningconditionconstitutescontextcontinuouscontrastdancedefinitiondescribesdialecticdimensionDoesburgdynamicearlyelementsenergyequilibratedequilibriumespeciallyexampleexistenceexperienceexplainsexpressionfieldflowforcefunctionideasMore terms and phrasesShow lessAbout the workOriginally published: November 15, 2017Preceded by: Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and MarginalisationFollowed by: Ethics Without Self, Dharma Without Atman: Western and Buddhist Philosophical Traditions in DialogueSubject: Aesthetics, Art / Criticism & Theory, Art / Techniques / General, Arts, Philosophy / Aesthetics, Philosophy / Eastern, Philosophy / General, Philosophy, Modern, Art -- Philosophy, Fine arts, Philosophy, Philosophy, Asian, Proportion (Art)View moreAuthorEiichi TosakiAuthorTosaki Eiichi has a PhD in Art History and Philosophy, Melbourne University (2002) and is currently completing his second PhD in Drawing and Art Therapy at the School of Art and Design, Monash University. Eiichi is an Honorary Fellow at the Philosophy Department, Melbourne University and was a Adjunct Research Fellow at the Japanese Studies Centre Monash University. Eiichi has taught various areas including art history, design theory, aesthetics, Western and Eastern philosophy and religion, Japanese culture (including Manga & Anime) and studio art. Eiichi is also keen on applying his own method of drawing to health and medical sciences area, especially in the brain training area.Search Eiichi TosakiPublisherMore from the publisher collectionPassion, Death, and SpiritualityThe Philosophy of Robert C. SolomonRobert C. Solomon, who died in 2007, was Professor of Philosophy and Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business at the University of Texas, USA. As the first book comprehensively to examine the ...Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English AuthorityBy Makarand R. ParanjapeCompared to how it looked 150 years ago at the eve of the colonial conquest, today’s India is almost completely unrecognizable. A sovereign nation, with a teeming, industrious population, it is an ...On the Death of the Pilgrim: The Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Jarava Lal MehtaBy Thomas B. EllisThis searching examination of the life and philosophy of the twentieth-century Indian intellectual Jarava Lal Mehta details, among other things, his engagement with the oeuvres of Martin Heidegger, ...More books