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Theory and Practice of Contrast completes, corrects and integrates the foundations of science and humanities, which include: theory of art, philosophy (aesthetics, epistemology, ontology, axiology), cognitive science, theory of information, theory of complexity and physics.
List of contents
Contents
Foreword....................................................................................................................ix
About the Author.......................................................................................................xi
Introduction............................................................................................................. xiii
Chapter 1 Beauty—Existing Views.......................................................................1
Chapter 2 The Concept’s Origin............................................................................5
Chapter 3 Analysis of Contrast..............................................................................7
Chapter 4 Analyses of Contrasts in Abstract Visual Structures.......................... 11
Chapter 5 Contrast as Complexity....................................................................... 21
Chapter 6 Contrast as Compression of Information............................................ 31
Chapter 7 Contrast as Development..................................................................... 35
Chapter 8 Contrast as Value................................................................................. 37
Chapter 9 Examples of Contrasts in Artworks.................................................... 39
Chapter 10 Interpretations of Existing Aesthetic Views........................................83
Chapter 11 Contrast and Colour............................................................................97
Chapter 12 Emergence as Contrast...................................................................... 113
Chapter 13 Contrast and Subjectivity.................................................................. 119
Chapter 14 Contrast as Cognition........................................................................ 121
Chapter 15 Mind-Body Problem.......................................................................... 131
Chapter 16 Artificial Intelligence, Self-awareness and Creativity...................... 139
Chapter 17 Contrast as Being.............................................................................. 151
Chapter 18 Contrast and Perception of Reality................................................... 159
Chapter 19 Definition of Information.................................................................. 163
Chapter 20 Binary Model of Universe................................................................. 169
Chapter 21 Conclusions....................................................................................... 195
Index....................................................................................................................... 201
About the author
Mariusz Stanowski graduated from Warsaw University of Technology (1974), and Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw (1979), where he worked later as an academic teacher and designer. Currently he is a visual artist and an independent researcher. His scientific research is situated on the borderline between humanities and natural sciences, including: philosophy, art theory, cognitive science, theory of information/complexity and physics. As an artist, through paintings, defined as deconstructed, he tries to express the idea of creativity. He has exhibited in Poland and abroad, including Vikingsberg Museum of Modern Art, (Helsingborg, Sweden), Charlottenborg Palace (Kobenhavn, Danmark), and the Visual Art Museum - School of Visual Arts (New York, USA).
Summary
The book Theory and Practice of Contrast completes, corrects and integrates the foundations of science and humanities, which include: theory of art, philosophy (aesthetics, epistemology, ontology, axiology), cognitive science, theory of information, theory of complexity and physics.
