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The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art
An exploration of transformations in the nature of the art object and artistic authorship in the last four decades. In this book, Martha Buskirk addresses the interesting fact that since the early 1960s, almost anything can and has been called art. Among other practices, contemporary artists have employed mass-produced elements, impermanent materials, and appropriated imagery, have incorpora…
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Aesthetic computing
In Aesthetic Computing, key scholars and practitioners from art, design, computer science, and mathematics lay the foundations for a discipline that applies the theory and practice of art to computing. Aesthetic computing explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role in different areas of computer science. One of its goals is to modify computer science by the application of the wide range…
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- 9780262272735
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 457 pages) :illustrations.
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A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See
"A groundbreaking, radical new study of the transformative cultural, aesthetic, & political shifts initiated by black contemporary artists inc. Arthur Jafa, Deanna Lawson, Dawoud Bey, etc. who are dismantling the white gaze and demanding that we see-and see blackness in particular-anew"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365669
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Uncommon sense :aesthetics after Marcuse
"Uncommon Sense reinvigorates Herbert Marcuse and places his aesthetic theory into practice in relation to contemporary antiracist, environmental, and anti-capitalism activism"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262371685
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Feminist designer :on the personal and the political in design
"Applies feminist theory to design in a meaningful/accessible way; establishes new ways to design for complex social, political & environmental problems; defines guiding principles & values; proposes practical methods for practicing feminist design; demonstrates positive impact of feminist design through case studies and interviews"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Model systems in biology :history, philosophy, and practical concerns
"Instead of arguing for a specific animal model, Striedter will review the history and philosophy of animal models in biomedical research, examining their various advantages and limitations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262370028
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Shapes of imagination :calculating in Coleridge's magical realm
"Stiny extends his arguments around shape grammars outlined in his 2006 book Shape in order to provide insights into visual calculating with rules and grammar in art and design"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262370654
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Making meaning with machines :somatic strategies, choreographic technologies,…
"Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375122
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Free Berlin :art, urban politics, and everyday life
"First book to examine influential 1970s-1980s Berlin, a time of radical experimentation uniting art, urban politics, and everyday life that yielded enduring transformations in civic life"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026237093X
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Design aesthetics :theoretical basics and studies in implication
"Presents and discusses aesthetics as a theory of how design frames and conditions human experience"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375719
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