Das Irreguläre, der Zufall und die sich selbst erfindende Natur

Author

Holländer, Hans

Document type

Article (catalogue d'exposition)

Language

German

Book title

Erfindung der Natur : Max Ernst, Paul Klee, Wols und das surreale Universum

Source

Erfindung der Natur : Max Ernst, Paul Klee, Wols und das surreale Universum. 1994, 114-122, 7 ill.

Publisher

Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau (deu)

Publication country

Germany

Abstract (en)

Historical account of the influence of scientific investigation on the conception of artistic creation. Discusses Johann Heinrich Lambert's writings on the representation of landscape and the links between mathematics and art theory; artists as "inventors" of images and experimental modes of representation; images created through chance (e.g., the ink blots of Justinus Kerner); nature as a source for art (e.g., natural stone tiles used in mosaics); and experimentation with the laws of nature in the creation of art (e.g., Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's experimentations with electrostatic energy, and Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni's studies of acoustics, both of which resulted in illustrations that mimic abstract art designs).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945
• Art
• 1700-1900
• Chance
• Nature
• Sources
• Science
• Art theory
• Landscape

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945
• Art
• 1700-1900
• Hasard
• Nature
• Sources
• Sciences
• Théorie de l'art
• Paysage

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00311026

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