Creativity and art : three roads to surprise / / Margaret A. Boden

• Autore: Boden Margaret A
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.35
• Soggetto topico: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) - Psychological aspects; Creative ability - Psychological aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Creativity in a Nutshell; 3. Are Autodidacts Creative?; 4. Crafts, Perception, and the Possibilities of the Body; 5. Creativity and Conceptual Art; 6. Personal Signatures in Art; 7. What Is Generative Art?; 8. Agents and Creativity; 9. Autonomy, Integrity, and Computer Art; 10. Authenticity and Computer Art; 11. Aesthetics and Interactive Art; 12. Is Metabolism Necessary?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
• Sommario/riassunto: Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity in general is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas (conceptual, theoretical, musical, literary, or visual). Boden identifies three forms of creativity: combinational, exploratory, and transformational. These elicit differing forms of surprise, and are defined by the different kinds of psychological process that generate the new ideas.Boden examines creativity not only in traditional fine art, but also in craftworks, and some less orthodox approac
• Titolo autorizzato: Creativity and art
• ISBN: 1-283-63783-9; 0-19-163989-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810663403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II