Sculpture and Touch

Sculpture and Touch
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781409412311
ISBN-13 : 1409412318
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Book Synopsis Sculpture and Touch by : Dr Peter Dent

Download or read book Sculpture and Touch written by Dr Peter Dent and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces a new impetus to the discussion of the relationship between touch and sculpture by setting up a dialogue between art historians and individuals who are working in disciplines beyond art history. The collection brings together a diverse set of approaches, with essays tackling subjects from prehistoric figurines to the work of contemporary artists, from pre-modern ideas about the physiology of touch to tactile interaction in the museum, and from the phenomenology of touch in philosophy to the findings of scientific study.


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