Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science

Author:   Gemma Anderson-Tempini
Publisher:   Intellect
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9781789380576


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 May 2019
Format:   Paperback
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In recent history, the arts and sciences have often been considered opposing fields of study, but a growing trend in drawing research is beginning to bridge this divide. Gemma Anderson’s Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science introduces tested ways in which drawing as a research practice can enhance morphological insight, specifically within the natural sciences, mathematics, and art.   Inspired and informed by collaboration with contemporary scientists and Goethe’s studies of morphology, as well as the work of artist Paul Klee, this book presents drawing as a means of developing and disseminating knowledge, and of understanding and engaging with the diversity of natural and theoretical forms, such as animal, vegetable, mineral, and four dimensional shapes. Anderson shows that drawing can offer a means of scientific discovery and can be integral to the creation of new knowledge in science as well as in the arts.  

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Author:   Gemma Anderson-Tempini
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.718kg
ISBN:  

9781789380576


ISBN 10:   178938057
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction   Chapter 1: On drawing as a way of knowing   Chapter 2: On drawing practice in science   Chapter 3: Drawing resemblances and Isomorphology   Chapter 4: Drawing with Goethe’s morphology   Chapter 5: Dynamic form: Klee as artist and morphologist   Chapter 6: Mathematics and art: Notes from an artistic collaboration   Chapter 7: Isomorphogenesis: Drawing a dynamic morphology   Chapter 8: The Cornwall Morphology and Drawing Centre   Conclusion   Glossary   Bibliography   Index

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Reads like a journey . . . . Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science presents a meaningful insight into the practice of drawing and how it can function as both an epistemology and scientific inquiry at the same time. As a document encouraging the continued interactions between the arts and sciences, it provides a valuable resource. . . . Highly recommend. --Interalia Magazine Gemma Anderson's Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science takes us on a guided tour of her collaborations with scientists and mathematicians. On the way, we see stunning and illuminating illustrations, we meet a panoply of artists, mathematicians, scientists, philosophers, art historians and more, and we witness the processes of discovery and insight that happens through drawing. --Barbara Tversky Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice The artist Gemma Anderson recognizes that the visual arts and natural sciences are both practices devoted to looking closer, looking longer, and looking deeper. They seek out those things that are not visible to our casual seeing or everyday believing-stretching our perceptions, and our representations, to new limits. In this way, the practice of drawing is a natural bridge to connect the epistemologies of the visual arts with that of sciences - Anderson's new book, Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science guides us through her journey through this rich terrain. Anderson's drawing and printmaking are guided by underlying principles, making her artworks at once well-studied and fantastical, detailed and open-ended. They function as documents of her creative engagement with biodiversity and mathematics, while also illustrating her philosophical views on how drawing can help us come to know. In terms of the ongoing art-science conversation, Anderson's contribution is advancing how an artistic approach that embraces analogy, typology, and intuition (into a method she calls Isomorphology ) can expand our thinking about how to both recognize and organize the natural world. --Andrew S. Yang SCIART Magazine


The artist Gemma Anderson recognizes that the visual arts and natural sciences are both practices devoted to looking closer, looking longer, and looking deeper. They seek out those things that are not visible to our casual seeing or everyday believing-stretching our perceptions, and our representations, to new limits. In this way, the practice of drawing is a natural bridge to connect the epistemologies of the visual arts with that of sciences - Anderson's new book, Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science guides us through her journey through this rich terrain. Anderson's drawing and printmaking are guided by underlying principles, making her artworks at once well-studied and fantastical, detailed and open-ended. They function as documents of her creative engagement with biodiversity and mathematics, while also illustrating her philosophical views on how drawing can help us come to know. In terms of the ongoing art-science conversation, Anderson's contribution is advancing how an artistic approach that embraces analogy, typology, and intuition (into a method she calls Isomorphology ) can expand our thinking about how to both recognize and organize the natural world. --Andrew S. Yang SCIART Magazine Gemma Anderson's Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science takes us on a guided tour of her collaborations with scientists and mathematicians. On the way, we see stunning and illuminating illustrations, we meet a panoply of artists, mathematicians, scientists, philosophers, art historians and more, and we witness the processes of discovery and insight that happens through drawing. --Barbara Tversky Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice


Author Information

Gemma Anderson is a research fellow at the University of Exeter in the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology and the Living Systems Institute, and a lecturer in drawing at Falmouth University.    

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