Seduction of Curves

Name: Seduction of Curves
Brand: Princeton University Press
SKU: 9780691175331
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Szerző: Allan McRobie, Helena Weightman

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Princeton University Press

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Curves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces - like those of the human body - appe...

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Szerző

Allan McRobie, Helena Weightman

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2017

oldal

168

EAN

9780691175331

ISBN

0691175330

Enbook ID

16004492

Kiadó

Princeton University Press

Súly

852

Méretek

212 x 262 x 17

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Curves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces - like those of the human body - appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral way that straight lines or the perfect shapes of classical geometry never could. In this large-format book, lavishly illustrated in color throughout, Allan McRobie takes the reader on an alluring exploration of the beautiful curves that shape our world - from our bodies to Salvador Dalí's paintings and the space-time fabric of the universe itself. The book focuses on seven curves - the fold, cusp, swallowtail, and butterfly, plus the hyperbolic, elliptical, and parabolic "umbilics" - and describes the surprising origins of their taxonomy in the catastrophe theory of mathematician René Thom. In an accessible discussion illustrated with many photographs of the human nude, McRobie introduces these curves and then describes their role in nature, science, engineering, architecture, art, and other areas. The reader learns how these curves play out in everything from the stability of oil rigs and the study of distant galaxies to rainbows, the patterns of light on pool floors, and even the shape of human genitals. The book also discusses the role of these curves in the work of such artists as David Hockney, Henry Moore, and Anish Kapoor, with particular attention given to the delicate sculptures of Naum Gabo and the final paintings of Dalí, who said that Thom's theory "bewitched all of my atoms."

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