Overview
Offers a philosophical exploration of lines in art and culture
Traces the history of lines from Antiquity onwards
Written for scholars of philosophy, art, and architecture
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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What Is a Line?
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Lines: An Aesthetics of Disappearance
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Living Lines of the East
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About this book
This book offers a philosophical exploration of lines in art and culture, and traces their history from Antiquity onwards. Lines can be physical phenomena, cognitive responses to observed processes, or both at the same time. Based on this assumption, the book describes the “philosophy of lines” in art, architecture, and science. The book compares Western and Eastern traditions. It examines lines in the works of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Henri Michaux, as well as in Chinese and Japanese art and calligraphy. Lines are not merely a matter of aesthetics but also reflect the psychological states of entire cultures. In the nineteenth century, non-Euclidean geometry sparked the phenomenon of the “self-negating line,” which influenced modern art; it also prepared the ground for virtual reality. Straight lines, distorted lines, blurred lines, hot and cold lines, dynamic lines, lines of force, virtual lines, and on and on, lines narrate the development of human civilization.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Associate Professor of philosophy at Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Philosophy of Lines
Book Subtitle: From Art Nouveau to Cyberspace
Authors: Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65343-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65342-2Published: 01 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65345-3Published: 02 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65343-9Published: 31 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 259
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aesthetics, Asian Culture, Anthropology, Arts