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Abstract
In recent history, the arts and sciences have often considered opposing fields of study, but a growing trend in drawing research is beginning to bridge this divide. Gemma Anderson’s Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science introduces tested ways in which drawing as a research practice can enhance morphological insight, specifically within the natural sciences, mathematics and art.
Inspired and informed by collaboration with contemporary scientists and Goethe’s studies of morphology, as well as the work of artist Paul Klee, this book presents drawing as a means of developing and disseminating knowledge, and of understanding and engaging with the diversity of natural and theoretical forms, such as animal, mineral and four-dimensional shapes. Anderson shows that drawing can offer a means of scientific discovery and can be integral to the creation of knowledge in science as well as in the arts.
What is novel and exciting about Gemma Anderson's work is that it presents science and art as generally collaborative, showing how artistic expertise can play an integral role in scientific exploration. For this reason I believe it should have a real impact on this important interdisciplinary ambition.
John Dupre
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| List of illustrations | xi | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: On drawing as a way of knowing | 13 | ||
| Chapter 2: On drawing practice in science | 29 | ||
| Chapter 3: Drawing resemblances and Isomorphology | 63 | ||
| Chapter 4: Drawing with Goethe’s morphology | 107 | ||
| Chapter 5: Dynamic form: Klee as artist and morphologist | 133 | ||
| Chapter 6: Mathematics and art: Notes from an artistic collaboration | 165 | ||
| Chapter 7: Isomorphogenesis: Drawing a dynamic morphology | 177 | ||
| Chapter 8: The Cornwall Morphology and Drawing Centre | 215 | ||
| Conclusion | 241 | ||
| Glossary | 249 | ||
| Bibliography | 253 | ||
| Index | 269 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |