Art and technology have been converging rapidly in the past few years; an important example of this convergence is the alliance of neuroscience with aesthetics, which has produced the new field of neuroaesthetics.
Irving Massey examines this alliance, in large part to allay the fears of artists and audiences alike that brain science may "explain away" the arts. The first part of the book shows how neuroscience can enhance our understanding of certain features of art. The second part of the book illustrates a humanistic approach to the arts; it is written entirely without recourse to...
Art and technology have been converging rapidly in the past few years; an important example of this convergence is the alliance of neuroscience wit...
"And so, of the three forms of Power, the first is afraid of us, the second scorns us as useless, the third one hates us and tries to pull us down . . . Are we, then, the eternal Pariahs of society?"
Stello (1832) is the story of the artist's ongoing struggle against society under a variety of political systems. In this classic French novel, the despairing poet Stello consults the mysterious Doctor Noir in the hopes of being cured of the "blue devils" which torment him. Stello fears he has no choice but to devote his artistic...
"And so, of the three forms of Power, the first is afraid of us, the second scorns us as useless, the third one hates us and tries to p...
