Arts biomechanics--an infant science : its challenges and future / Gongbing Shan and Peter Visentin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shan, Gongbing.

Contributor:

Visentin, Peter.

Series:

Biomechanics - Theory and Applications

Biomechanics : theory and applications series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human mechanics.

Arts medicine.

Arts--Physiological aspects.

Arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While biomechanics has achieved successes in many fields involving locomotion, motor learning, skill acquisition, technique optimization, injury prevention, physical therapy and rehabilitation, one area has heretofore been scarcely represented in the literature -- Arts Biomechanics. Arts Biomechanics clearly has significant potential for application in the performance arts, such as music and dance, since skills needed for these activities are visibly related to the human musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Less apparently, biomechanics may also enhance the analysis and comprehension of other arts, such as painting, where gesture is often embedded in the artwork by means of symbolism, tradition, the process of art creation, or as an inherent product of the existential nature of humanity. There are many challenges facing the integration of the Sciences with the Arts and this book attempts to show that component.

Contents:

Arts biomechanics

an infant science : its challenges and future

Performance skill analysis and acquisition

Injury risk quantification and prevention related to artistic performance

Applications of movement science technologies in the creation of art.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61209-852-5

OCLC:

699511365