• Media type: E-Book; Still Image
  • Title: Algebraic art : mathematical formalism and Victorian culture
  • Contributor: Henderson, Andrea K. [Author]
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
  • Issue: First edition
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 218 Seiten); illustrations (black and white)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198809982.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191860140
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: HL 1091 : Einzelnes
  • Keywords: Großbritannien > Mathematik > Einfluss > Ästhetik > Literatur > Kunst > Geschichte 1850-1900
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
    This edition previously issued in print: 2018
    Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
  • Description: 'Algebraic Art' explores the invention of a peculiarly Victorian account of the nature and value of aesthetic form, and it traces that account to a surprising source: mathematics. Drawing on literature, art, and photography, it explores how the Victorian mathematical conception of form still resonates today