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Author Sousanis, Nick, author, illustrator.

Title Unflattening / Nick Sousanis
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) : chiefly illustrations
Contents 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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189)
Notes Print version record
Subject Visual perception -- Comic books, strips, etc
Knowledge, Theory of -- Comic books, strips, etc
Imagery (Psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Communication -- Methodology -- Comic books, strips, etc
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Communication -- Methodology
Imagery (Psychology)
Knowledge, Theory of
Visual perception
Comic
Kognition
Philosophie
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Erkenntnistheorie
Genre/Form Philosophical literature
graphic novels.
comic strips.
comic books.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Romans graphiques.
Bandes dessinées.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014042019
ISBN 9780674425620
0674425626