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Unflattening

Title
  1. Unflattening / Nick Sousanis.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Author
  1. Sousanis, Nick

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Description
  1. 193 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
  1. "The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked, equal partners in meaning-making? Written and drawn entirely as comics, Unflattening is an experiment in visual thinking. Nick Sousanis defies conventional forms of scholarly discourse to offer readers both a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. 'Unflattening' is an insurrection against the fixed viewpoint. Weaving together diverse ways of seeing drawn from science, philosophy, art, literature, and mythology, it uses the collage-like capacity of comics to show that perception is always an active process of incorporating and reevaluating different vantage points. While its vibrant, constantly morphing images occasionally serve as illustrations of text, they more often connect in nonlinear fashion to other visual references throughout the book. They become allusions, allegories, and motifs, pitting realism against abstraction and making us aware that more meets the eye than is presented on the page."--Amazon.com.
Subject
  1. Visual perception
  2. Graphic novels
  3. Imagery (Psychology)
  4. Knowledge, Theory of
  5. Visual perception > Comic books, strips, etc
  6. Erkenntnistheorie
  7. Kognition
  8. Philosophie
  9. Communication > Methodology > Comic books, strips, etc
  10. Graphic novels > United States
  11. Imagery (Psychology) > Comic books, strips, etc
  12. Comic
  13. Knowledge, Theory of > Comic books, strips, etc
  14. Visuelle Wahrnehmung
  15. Comic books, strips, etc
Genre/Form
  1. Graphic novels – United States.
  2. Comics (Graphic works)
  3. Graphic novels.
Contents
  1. Flatness -- Flatland -- The importance of seeing double and then some -- The shape of our thoughts -- Our bodies in motion -- The fifth dimension -- Ruts -- Strings attached -- Vectors -- Awaking.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189).