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Computational solutions for knowledge, art, and entertainment : information exchange beyond text
Title:
Computational solutions for knowledge, art, and entertainment : information exchange beyond text
ISBN:
9781466646285
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Publication Information New:
Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA, 17033) : IGI Global, [2014]
Physical Description:
PDFs (511 pages) : illustrations.
Contents:
Looking and seeing: communication through art: creating, conveying, and responding to art -- Thinking with pictures: art as an instrument of acquiring knowledge -- Art resulting from computing -- Aesthetics in the context of new media art and knowledge visualization -- Art and design criticism in art production and instruction -- The journey to the center of the earth -- Taking inspiration from astronomy for visual and verbal projects -- Imaging and picturing volcanism -- Picturing minerals and rocks -- Energy and environment -- Nano world -- Acceleration -- Carbon: a gem, a molecule, and a heart of nanotechnology -- Mathematics-related visual events -- Poem illustration for the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters -- Four trapped in an elevator -- The history of love -- Architecture and media -- Educational implications -- Ways to entertain with the use of computing technologies -- Challenges in game design -- Visual and verbal storytelling -- Metaphorical portraits -- Visual music.
Abstract:
"This book focuses on the methods of depicting knowledge-based concepts in order to assert power beyond a visual explanation of scientific and computational notions"--Provided by publisher.
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Language:
English