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Information theory and esthetic perception [by] Abraham Moles. Translated by Joel E. Cohen.

Title
Information theory and esthetic perception [by] Abraham Moles. Translated by Joel E. Cohen.
Author
Moles, Abraham A.
Publication
Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1966.

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Additional Authors
Cohen, Joel F.
Description
217 p. illus.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
Théorie de l'information et perception esthètique. English
Alternative Title
Théorie de l'information et perception esthètique.
Subject
  • Information theory in aesthetics
  • Esthetics
  • Information Theory
  • Perception
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [210]-214.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
General outline of physical information theory -- The concept of form in information theory: periodicity and elementary structures -- Uncertainties in perception and memory's structuring of symbols -- Sonic structures and music: the sonic object -- Semantic information and esthetic information -- Multiple messages and structural esthetics -- The philosophic value of information theory.
LCCN
^^^62013213^//r83
OCLC
  • 382859
  • SCSB-9997051
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library