Digital art / Christiane Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Christiane, author.

Series:

World of art.

World of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer art.

New media art.

Art and technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2015]

Summary:

Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art today. Not only have traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography and sculpture been transformed by digital techniques and media, but entirely new forms such as internet art, software art, digital installation and virtual reality have emerged as recognized artistic practices. Christiane Paul surveys the developments in digital art from its appearance in the 1980s to the present day and looks ahead to what the future may hold. Drawing a distinction between work that uses digital technology as a tool to produce traditional forms and work that uses it as a medium to create new types of art, she discusses the key artists and works. The book explores themes addressed and raised by these artworks, such as viewer interaction, artificial life and intelligence, political and social activism, networks and telepresence, and issues surrounding the collection, presentation and preservation of digital art. This third, expanded edition investigates key areas of digital art practice that have gained in prominence in recent years, including the emergence and impact of locative media, interactive public installation, augmentive and mixed reality, social networking, and file-sharing and tablet technologies.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

About the author

Other titles of interest

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Contents

Image

Introduction

A short history of technology and art

The presentation, collection, and preservation of digital art

Chapter 1 Digital Technologies as a Tool

Digital imaging: photography and print

Sculpture

Chapter 2 Digital Technologies as a Medium

Forms of digital art

Installation

Film, video, and animation

Internet art and networked art

Software art

Virtual reality

Sound and music

Chapter 3 Themes in Digital Art

Artificial life

Artificial intelligence

Telepresence and telerobotics

Body and identity

Database aesthetics and data visualization

Beyond the book: Narrative environments

Gaming

Tactical media, activism, and hacktivism

Technologies of the future

Redefining public space: Locative media and public interactives

Augmenting the real: Augmented reality and mixed reality

Social media and the Web 2.0 era

Glossary

Artists' websites and online art projects

Digital arts organizations and networks, museums, and galleries

Digital art festivals

Select new media art exhibitions

Select bibliography

List of illustrations

Index

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2008.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-265) and index.

ISBN:

9780500772744

OCLC:

1027206997