Nick Sousanis
Unflattening
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674744431
- author:
- Nick Sousanis
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 19 x 2 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Unflattening is a groundbreaking work of graphic art and scholarship that challenges the conventional boundaries between words and images. Written and drawn entirely as comics, this book presents a unique experiment in visual thinking, weaving together diverse ways of seeing from science, philosophy, art, literature, and mythology. Through its vibrant, constantly morphing images, Unflattening shows that perception is an active process of incorporating and reevaluating different vantage points. The book's innovative use of comics as a medium for inquiry into the nature of knowledge and understanding is both a stunning work of art and a serious contribution to the field of epistemology. By fusing words and images to produce new forms of knowledge, Unflattening offers a fresh perspective on the ways we construct meaning and the limitations of our current frame of mind.