The Origin of Perspective

The Origin of Perspective
Author: Hubert Damisch
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1994
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The second part of the book brings the historical invention of perspective into focus, discussing the experiments with mirrors made by Brunelleschi, connecting it to the history of consciousness via Jacques Lacan's definition of the "tableau" as "a configuration in which the subject as such gets its bearings.".

The Origins of Self

The Origins of Self
Author: Martin P. J. Edwardes
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-07-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1787356302

The Origins of Self explores the role that selfhood plays in defining human society, and each human individual in that society. It considers the genetic and cultural origins of self, the role that self plays in socialisation and language, and the types of self we generate in our individual journeys to and through adulthood. Edwardes argues that other awareness is a relatively early evolutionary development, present throughout the primate clade and perhaps beyond, but self-awareness is a product of the sharing of social models, something only humans appear to do. The self of which we are aware is not something innate within us, it is a model of our self produced as a response to the models of us offered to us by other people. Edwardes proposes that human construction of selfhood involves seven different types of self. All but one of them are internally generated models, and the only non-model, the actual self, is completely hidden from conscious awareness. We rely on others to tell us about our self, and even to let us know we are a self.

Florence and Baghdad

Florence and Baghdad
Author: Hans Belting
Publisher: Belknap Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674050044

In this lavishly illustrated study, Belting deals with the double history of perspective, as a visual theory based on geometrical abstraction (in the Middle East) and as pictorial theory (in Europe). Florence and Baghdad addresses a provocative question that reaches beyond the realm of aesthetics and mathematics: What happens when Muslims and Christians look upon each other and find their way of viewing the world transformed as a result?

Infinity and Perspective

Infinity and Perspective
Author: Karsten Harries
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780262582186

A philosophical exploration of the origin and limits of the modern world.

Origins of Genius

Origins of Genius
Author: Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1999
Genre: Creative ability
ISBN: 0195128796

This groundbreaking book applies Darwin's theory of natural selection to the creative process and takes readers inside the mind of genius. Line art.

The Origins of Agriculture

The Origins of Agriculture
Author: David Rindos
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 148326954X

The Origins of Agriculture: An Evolutionary Perspective presents an alternative approach to understanding cultural variation and change. It aims to demonstrate that domestication and the origin of agricultural systems are best understood by attempting to explicate the evolutionary forces that affected that development of domesticates and agricultural systems. The book begins by discussing cultural change, the domestication of plants, and the origin of agricultural systems in the most general of terms. It considers Darwinism in some depth, concentrating on the relationship between natural selection and cultural change. Subsequent chapters examine the world of domestication and agriculture and present a series of concepts that may permit a more natural explanation for these processes. These include concepts such as incidental domestication, specialized domestication, and agricultural domestication. The final two chapters present models for the origin and spread of agricultural systems based upon Darwinian evolutionary theory.

Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Author: Robert C. Bishop
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830891641

From five authors with over two decades of experience teaching origins together in the classroom, this is the first textbook to offer a full-fledged discussion of the scientific narrative of origins from the Big Bang through humankind, from biblical and theological perspectives. This work gives the reader a detailed picture of mainstream scientific theories of origins along with how they fit into the story of God's creative and redemptive action.

Origins of Life

Origins of Life
Author: Douglas Whittet
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2017-12-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 168174676X

Origins of Life: A Cosmic Perspective presents an overview of the concepts, methods, and theories of astrobiology and origins of life research while presenting a summary of the latest findings. The book provides insight into the environments and processes that gave birth to life on our planet, which naturally informs our assessment of the probability that has arisen (or will arise) elsewhere. In addition, the book encourages readers to go beyond basic concepts, to explore topics in greater depth, and to engage in lively discussions. The text is intended to be suitable for mid- and upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students and more generally as an introduction and overview for researchers and general readers seeking to follow current developments in this interdisciplinary field. Readers are assumed to have a basic grounding in the relevant sciences, but prior specialized knowledge is not required. Each chapter concludes with a list of questions and discussion topics as well as suggestions for further reading. Some questions can be answered with reference to material in the text, but others require further reading and some have no known answers. The intention is to encourage readers to go beyond basic concepts, to explore topics in greater depth, and, in a classroom setting, to engage in lively discussions with class members.