Entropy and Art

An Essay on Disorder and Order

Rudolf Arnheim

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English

University of California Press
02 August 2010

Theory of art

This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder.

By: Rudolf Arnheim
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9780520266001
ISBN 10: 0520266005
Pages: 72
Publication Date: 02 August 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Sarah Lawrence College. He was author of many books, including Art and Visual Perception, Film as Art, Power of the Center, and Visual Thinking.

Reviews for Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order

"""Arnheim was the best kind of romantic. His wisdom, his patient explanations and lyrical enthusiasm are those of a teacher."" * New York Times * ""The psychology of art is never as easy as a-b-c, but this book avoids the general obtuseness of such treatises. It will give your mind a good honing."" * Art Direction * ""Suitably unpretentious and fragmentarily brilliant in the interplay of elements from the author's vast reading and experience of experimental psychology."" * Leonardo *"