Shapes of Imagination: Calculating in Coleridge's Magical Realm

by George Stiny

Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge's "imagination") and combinatoric play (Coleridge's "fancy").

In Shapes of Imagination, George Stiny runs visual calculating in shape grammars through art and design--incorporating Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poetic imagination and Oscar Wilde's corollary to see things as they aren't. Many assume that calculating limits art...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026254413X
• ISBN13: 9780262544139
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.0"