The future of art in a postdigital age : from Hellenistic to Hebraic consciousness / Mel Alexenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexenberg, Melvin L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and technology--Philosophy.

Art and technology.

Art, Modern--21st century.

Art, Modern.

Judaism and art.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age, artist and educator Mel Alexenberg offers a prophetic vision of a postdigital future that reveals a paradigm shift from the Hellenistic to the Hebraic roots of Western culture. The author surveys new art forms emerging from a postdigitial age that address the humanization of digital technologies. He ventures beyond the digital to explore postdigital perspectives rising from creative encounters between art, science, technology, and human consciousness. New chapters "Postdigital Perspectives: Rediscovering Ten Fingers" and "Wiki Perspectives: Multiform

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Author's Note for Postdigital Edition; Introduction: Postmodern Paradigm Shift: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness; Chapter 1: Postdigital Perspectives: Rediscovering Ten Fingers; Chapter 2: Semiotic Perspectives: Redefining Art in a Postdigital Age; Chapter 3: Morphological Perspectives: Space-Time Structures of Visual Culture; Chapter 4: Kabbalistic Perspectives: Creative Process in Art and Science; Chapter 5: Wiki Perspectives: Multiform Unity and Global Tribes; Chapter 6: Halakhic Perspectives: Creating a Beautiful Life; Index

About the AuthorBack Cover

Notes:

Updated and enlarged ed. of The future of art in a digital age. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Future of art in a digital age : from Hellenistic to Hebraic consciousness.

ISBN:

1-283-16279-2

9786613162793

1-84150-505-6

OCLC:

714572245