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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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Faux titre ; 366 |
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Faux titre ; no. 366.
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| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""General Introduction""; ""1. The Rise of Chance in Modern Sciences""; ""Chao ab ordo""; ""Modern sciences""; ""Summary""; ""Part I""; ""2. The Tribulations of Chance within Philosophical Thought""; ""Determinism""; ""Religious Determinism""; ""Materialistic Determinism""; ""Free agency""; ""Implications of Determinism for chance""; ""The possibility of chance within Determinism""; ""Mobilism: toward an alternative to Determinism""; ""3. The Philosophy of Clément Rosset""; ""Setting the tone""; ""Chance and reality"" |
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""€?Le tragiqueâ€?, approbation and â€?joie de vivreâ€?""""Duplicates""; ""Freedom""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part II""; ""4. The Dialogue of Chance and the Arts""; ""A close bond""; ""Chance: a new history of literature""; ""Chance as a theme""; ""Fruitfulness""; ""Summary""; ""5. André Breton""; ""Chance in the works of André Breton""; ""Chance in the thought of André Breton""; ""Bretonâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. FranÃois Morellet""; ""Short contextualisation""; ""Chance in the works of FranÃois Morellet"" |
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""Chance in the thought of FranÃois Morellet""""Morelletâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. John Cage""; ""Chance in the works of John Cage""; ""Chance in the thought of John Cage""; ""Cageâ€?s chance, Rossetâ€?s chance â€? comparison and contrast""; ""Conclusion""; ""General conclusion""; ""On the relationship between Artificialism and chance-as-art""; ""The possibility of chance-as-art""; ""The future of chance? ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix 1 (Interview with Clément Rosset)""; ""Appendix 2 (Interview with FranÃois Morellet)"" |
| Summary |
To many, chance and art are antagonistic terms. But a number of 20th century artists have turned this notion on its head by attempting to create artworks based on randomness. Among those, three in particular articulated a well-argued and thorough theory of the radical use of chance in art: André Breton (writer), John Cage (composer) and François Morellet (visual artist). The implications of such a move away from established aesthetics are far-reaching, as much in conceptual as in practical terms, as this book hopes to make clear. Of paramount importance in this coincidentia oppositorum is the suggested possibility of a correlation between the artistic use of chance and a system of thought itself organised around chance. Indeed placing randomness at the centre of one’s art may have deeper philosophical consequences than just on the aesthetical level |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Chance in art.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century.
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ART -- General.
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Arts, Modern
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Chance in art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401207263 |
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9401207267 |
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