The grid book / Hannah B. Higgins.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0262512408
- 9780262512404
- 701.8 22
- NK1570 .H54 2009
Contents:
Summary: The deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of each grid's organizing principles.
Introducing grids : a meditation on Mrs. O'Leary -- Brick -- Tablet -- Gridiron -- Map -- Notation -- Ledger -- Screen -- Type -- Box -- Network -- Afterword : toward fractional dimensions.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 701.8 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A277326B |
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| 701.8 FOC The life of forms in art / | 701.8 GRA Composing pictures / | 701.8 HER The complete book of artists' techniques / | 701.8 HIG The grid book / | 701.8 HOL Mathematics in art / | 701.8 KIM In the blink of an ear : towards a non-cochlear sonic art / | 701.8 LEB Visual grammar / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297).
Introducing grids : a meditation on Mrs. O'Leary -- Brick -- Tablet -- Gridiron -- Map -- Notation -- Ledger -- Screen -- Type -- Box -- Network -- Afterword : toward fractional dimensions.
The deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of each grid's organizing principles.
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