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1 online resource (146 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Materiality and Immateriality of Art in the Age of Nanotechnology; Chapter 2: From Seeing to Touching: From the Invisible to the Visible; Chapter 3: Nanotechnology, Vibration and Vitalism; Chapter 4: Matter, Measurement and Light; Chapter 5: Transvitalism and Nature; References; Acknowledgements; Index; Author biography; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Nano is Greek for dwarf and the word nanotechnology 'was first proposed in the early seventies by a Japanese engineer, Norio Taniguchi, implying a new technology that went beyond controlling materials and engineering on the micrometer scale that dominated the 20th Century'. The content for this book has been based on a self-emergent process. It explores an art historical understanding of matter and uses various hypotheses to elucidate the effects on materiality and agency as a result of the emergence of nanotechnology. The blurring of material boundaries are reflected in the establishment of a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art and science.
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Art and science. |
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Nanoart.
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Nanoart. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, Paul. Nanoart : The Immateriality of Art. Bristol : Intellect, ©2013 9781841507088 |
| ISBN |
9781783200498 (electronic book) |
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1783200499 (electronic book) |
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1841507083 |
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9781841507088 |
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