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Can I read A Philosophy of Computer Art on EtoBox?
A Philosophy of Computer Art by Dominic McIver Lopes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Philosophy of Computer Art about?
What is computer art? Do the concepts we usually employ to think about art, such as ‘meaning’, ‘form’ or ‘expression’ apply to computer art?A Philosophy of Computer Artis the first book to explore these questions. Dominic Lopes argues that computer art challenges some of the basic tenets of traditional ways of thinking about and making art, and that to understand computer art we need to place particular emphasis on the ideas of ‘interactivity’ and the ‘user’. Drawing on a wealth of examples he also explains how the roles of the computer artist and computer art user distinguish them from makers and spectators of the traditional arts, and argues that computer art allows us to understand better the role of technology as an art medium.
Who reads A Philosophy of Computer Art?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dominic McIver Lopes
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786612283857
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Technology
