Category: Art/Science/Technology

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

By: Abbott, Edwin

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing : 2010

Seller ID: 26342

ISBN-13: 9781603863742

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. First published in 1884 and written pseudonymously by "A Square".

The book uses the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but its more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. 16 illustrations by the author. 156p.
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Karl Blossfeldt (Taschen Icons Series)

By: Adam, Hans Christian

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Taschen : 2001

Seller ID: 30428

ISBN-13: 9783822855096

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Text in German and English. Beautifully illustrated. Taschen Icon Series.

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a German photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist who is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things. His book Art Forms in the Plant World was initially intended as personal reference material and attained critical acclaim in 1928 when he first published it in German.
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Perception Beyond Inference

By: Albertazzi, Liliana; Van Tonder, Gert J ; Vishwanath, Dhanraj (editors)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: MIT Press : 2011

Seller ID: 24172

ISBN-13: 9780262015028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket. 525p. Illustrated.

Authors include Liliana Albertazzi, Ohad Ben-Sahar. Ernest Edmonds, Timothy L. Hubbard, Amy Ione, Jan J. Koenderink, Ilona Kovacs, Rainer Mausfeld, Baingio Pinna, Shinsuke Shimojo, Gert J. van Tonder, Dhanraj Vishwanath and Stephen W. Zucker.
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Machine Project Guide to Cultural History and the Natural Sciences

By: Allen, Mark; Brown, Jason

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Pomona College Museum of Art : 2006

Seller ID: 30637

ISBN-13: 9780915478989

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated. Accompanied January 22-April 9, 2006 exhibition at the Pomona College Museum of Art. Artists include Keili Cain, Brian Crabtree, Phil Ross, Ryan Taber, Holly Vesecky, and Cheyenne Weaver.
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The Sacred and the Profane Drawing Sculpture Video Installation (Lo Sagrado y Lo Profano Dibujo Escultura Vedeo Instalacion)

By: Anderson, Laura

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Ramis F. Barquet Galeria : 1990

Seller ID: 26366

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

The Mexican Museum Library stamped on title page, inside back cover, and on an internal page. Front cover reads "Project 3) G. Korbofel" Exhibition catalog. Lavishly illustrated. Unpaginated. Edge wear at top.

Artist: Mexican born, NYC based artist Laura Anderson (Barbata). Text in Spanish and English. Essay by Edward J. Sullivan. Comments by Jorge Alberto Manrique and Xavier Moyssen Lechuga (translated by Kathleen Milne).
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Consciousness Reframed II: Abstracts for 2nd International CAiiA Research Conference (19

By: Ascott, Roy (editor)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: University of Wales College, Newport : 1998

Seller ID: 21903

ISBN-13: 9781899274222

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Small illustrations. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Second International CAiiA Research Conference held August 1998 at the University of Wales College, Newport. 60p plus Directory of participants.

Participants include Susann Ackers, Christopher Csikszentmihalyi, Char Davies, Margaret Dolinsky, Mike King, Eduardo Kac, Andrea Polli, Barbara Raunch, Jill Scott, Norma Wagner and others.
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Consciousness Reframed: Art and Consciousness in the Post-biological Era Conference Proceedings

By: Ascott, Roy (editor)

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: University of Wales College, Newport : 1997

Seller ID: 30386

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Title written on spine. Black and white images. Proceedings of the First International CAiiA Research Conference held July 1997 at the University of Wales College, Newport. Unpaginated. Directory of participants. Illustrated.

Participants include Susann Ackers, Zoe Beloff, Luc Courchesne, Char Davies, Johanna Drucker, Toni Dove, Oliver Grau, Amy Ione, Bill Seaman, Victoria Vesna, Norma C. Wagner, and others.
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Consciousness Reframed 3: Conference Proceedings (August 2000)

By: Ascott, Roy; Punt, Michael (editor)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: University of Wales College, Newport : 2000

Seller ID: 22586

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Good

Unmarked text in papers. Front end page has significant notes in ink. Worn edges. B/W illustrations.

Proceedings of the Third International CAiiA Research Conference held August 2000 at the University of Wales College, Newport.

Participants include Donna Cox, Nina Czegledy, Char Davies, Liane Gabora, Pamela Jennings, Eduardo Kac, Ted Krueger, Melinda Rackham, Christa Sommerer, Louise K. Wilson and and others.

Also includes loose color brochure measuring 24x8 inches, folded into 6 panels, 3 on each side, with the program and registration information.
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Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet

By: Barnes, Lucinda

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: MOCA San Diego / Regents of UC : 2008

Seller ID: 16217

ISBN-13: 9780934418683

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated exhibition catalog. With contributions by Stephanie Hanor, Senior Curator, and Lucía Sanromán, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Feature artists: Mark Dion, Marcos Ramírez ERRE, Ann Hamilton, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Rigo 23, Dario Robleto, Diana Thater and Xu Bing. Color reproductions. Maps.
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Washington Crossing the Delaware: Restoring an American Masterpiece

By: Barratt, Carrie Rebora et al

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2011

Seller ID: 24687

ISBN-13: 9780300176421

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Slightly bumped corner. 65 illustrations, 55 in full color. Measures 8.5x11 inches. 48p. Essays by Carrie Rebora Barratt, Lance Mayer, Gay Myers, Eli Wilner, and Suzanne Smeaton.

In 2007, Leutze's masterpiece became the focus of the most ambitious conservation and reframing project in the museum's history. This book is a behind-the- scenes report on that project. Foldout of the painting.
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Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape (Expanded Edition)

By: Beardsley, John

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Abbeville Press : 1980

Seller ID: 29170

ISBN-13: 9780896599635

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black/white. Topics include the environment, the public landscape, the new urban landscape, and more.

Artists include Walter de Maria, Ian Hamilton Findlay, Richard Fleishner, Andy Goldsworthy, Nancy Holt, Maya Lin, David Nash, James Pierce, Robert Smithson, and James Turrell. Locates selected works. Bibliography. Index.
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Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

By: Beckmann, John (Editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press : 1998

Seller ID: 30910

ISBN-13: 9781568981208

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated. The Virtual Dimension critically examines the role that digital and immersive technologies have on the methods used by architects, designers, and artists to conceptualize and represent new mediated spaces, topologies, and both real and virtual communities.

Thirty contributors, including Stan Allen, Gareth Branwyn, Char Davies, Manuel Delanda, William J. Mitchell, Paul Virilio, and others.
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Tony Oursler

By: Bellour, Raymond; Conrad, Tony; Moure, Gloria et al

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Spain, Poligrafa Ediciones Sa : 2001

Seller ID: 24408

ISBN-13: 9788434309203

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Edge wear and a closed tear on dust jacket. 239 color and 101B/W illustrations. Measures 8.5 x 10.4 inches. 208p.

Essays by Raymond Bellour, Tony Conrad, Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler. With interviews by Dan Graham and Mike Kelley.

The intelligent irony that resonates through the video and projection installations of American artist Tony Oursler results from a subtle combination of sound, language and pop culture images. These elements are thoroughly explored in this monograph, the most extensive publication on Oursler and his work.
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Encounters: Hans Richter

By: Benson, Timothy O.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Prestel : 2013

Seller ID: 27754

ISBN-13: 9783791352688

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Factory Sealed. Exhibition catalog. A multifaceted interpretation of Hans Richter's (1988-1976) career as a filmmaker, artist, and writer, examining his pioneering work-with a special emphasis on film-in the context of his collaborations with some of the most important figures in 20th-century art.
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Cataract, with drawings by Selcuk Demierel

By: Berger, John

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Counterpoint : 2012

Seller ID: 33710

ISBN-13: 9781619020634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 69p. Measures 4.75x7.5 inches.

By the author of Ways of Seeing, this book presents some of his notes after having a successful cataract removed. Drawings by Turkish artist Selcuk Demirel.

Demirel's witty illustrations complement the text, creating a mini-world where eyes take on whimsical lives of their own. The result is a collaborative collectors' piece perfect for every reader's bedside table.
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Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov's Scientific Art

By: Blackwell, Stephen H.; Johnson, Kurt (Editors)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Yale University Press : 2016

Seller ID: 31034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 318p. Measures 8.5x10.5 inches.

The first full appraisal of Vladimir Nabokov's long-neglected contributions as a scientist. He created well over 1,000 technical illustrations of the anatomical structures of butterflies, seeking to understand the evolutionary diversity of small butterflies called Blues.
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Imagery (Bradford Books)

By: Block, Ned (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The MIT Press : 1981

Seller ID: 27057

ISBN-13: 9780262520720

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Examines the cognitive science debate on the nature of mental images. 270p. References. Index.

Contributors include: Roger Brown and Richard Herrnstein (on the work of Roger N. Shepard), Daniel Dennett, Jerry Fodor, Robert Schwartz, Stephen Kosslyn, Steven Pinker, George Smith, Steven Schwartz, and Zenon Pylyshyn.
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The Kaleidoscope Book: A Spectrum of Spectacular Scopes to Make

By: Bowell, Thom (editor)

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: A Sterling/Lark Book : 1992

Seller ID: 29655

ISBN-13: 9780806983707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black/white. Covers the history, design principles, construction techniques, and more. Gallery of projects. Index. Bibliography. 128p. Measures 8.75x10.25 inches.
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Exploring Paper (Exploratorium Magazine, Vol 25 No 2, Summer 1999)

By: Brand, Judith (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, The Exploratorium : 1999

Seller ID: 27033

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Hands-on projects and articles about paper. Well illustrated. 30p. Previous owner's mailing information crossed out.
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Muybridge and the Riddle of Locomotion

By: Braun, Marta

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Firefly : 2013

Seller ID: 29499

ISBN-13: 9781770852297

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Uses a unique combination of words, printed reproductions of Muybridge's classic photos and lenticular images to tell the history of Muybridges locomotive discoveries in the early years of photography.

A lenticular image creates an illusion of depth and the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles. 24p. Measures 10.25x9.25.
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Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness

By: Briggs, John and David Peat

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Harper and Row : 1989

Seller ID: 25162

ISBN-13: 9780060160616

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket with slight chipping. Bibliography. Index. 222p. Illustrations by Cindy Tavernise.

Explores the many faces of chaos. Reveals how its law direct most of the processes of everyday life and how it appears that everything in the universe is interconnected.
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The Role of Imagery in Learning (Occasional Paper Series)

By: Broudy, Harry S.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: J Paul Getty : 1987

Seller ID: 33287

ISBN-13: 9780892361458

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Corner crease on back cover. 55p. Bibliography. This monograph sets forth a theoretical basis for advocating a program of disciplinary arts education as an integral part of general education from kindergarten through grade 12.
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Perception: An Exhibition of Sculpture for the Sighted and Blind.

By: California Arts Commission

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: California Arts Commission : 1971

Seller ID: 24741

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Illustrated. Exhibition featured 23 works of art chosen to represent a variety of interpretations of the human form.

Letter from Governor Ronald Reagan and a photo of him visiting the exhibition. 62p. Measures 11 inches square.
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The Hidden Sense: Synesthesia in Art and Science (Advance Review Copy) (Leonardo Book Series)

By: Campen, Cretien van

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: MIT Press : 2007

Seller ID: 26459

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Uncorrected page proof (ARC) for ISBN 026222081/9780262220814. In text illustrations, but without the color plates. References. No index.

In this book, van Campen explores synesthesia from both artistic and scientific perspectives, looking at accounts of individual experiences, examples of synesthesia in visual art, music, and literature, and recent neurological research.
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Machaut's World: Science and Art in the Fourteenth Century (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V. 314)

By: Cosman, Madeleine Pelner; Changler, Bruce (editors)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences : 1978

Seller ID: 25903

ISBN-13: 9780890720721

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable

Unmarked. Cover and a few early pages have a small tear at the bottom. Bibliography. 348p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Contributors include Bernard R. Goldstein, John E. Murdoch, Edward Grant, Susan O. Thompson, Jonathan B. Riess and others.

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) was a medieval French poet and composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available.
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