Creativity and art : three roads to surprise / Margaret A. Boden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boden, Margaret A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Psychological aspects.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Creative ability--Psychological aspects.

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity in general is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas (conceptual, theoretical, musical, literary, or visual). Boden identifies three forms of creativity: combinational, exploratory, and transformational. These elicit differing forms of surprise, and are defined by the different kinds of psychological process that generate the new ideas.Boden examines creativity not only in traditional fine art, but also in craftworks, and some less orthodox approac

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Creativity in a Nutshell; 3. Are Autodidacts Creative?; 4. Crafts, Perception, and the Possibilities of the Body; 5. Creativity and Conceptual Art; 6. Personal Signatures in Art; 7. What Is Generative Art?; 8. Agents and Creativity; 9. Autonomy, Integrity, and Computer Art; 10. Authenticity and Computer Art; 11. Aesthetics and Interactive Art; 12. Is Metabolism Necessary?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 30 2013).

ISBN:

1-283-63783-9

0-19-163989-3

OCLC:

812178312