x, 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780262014212, 0262014211
OCLC
ocn458583162
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting things unfolded -- Islamic aesthetics and new media art: points of contact -- The haptic transfer and the travels of the abstract line, part I -- The haptic transfer and the travels of the abstract line, part II -- The haptic transfer and the travels of the abstract line, part III -- Baghdad, 830: birth of the algorithm -- Baghdad, 1000: origin of the pixel -- Cairo, 972: ancestor of the morph -- Herat, 1487: early virtual reality -- Karabagh, 1700: seeds of artificial life