A Gestalt Theory for ‘Disorder’: From Arnheim’s Ordered Chaos to Brambilla’s Entropic Art

The article revisits the concept of entropy in art as discussed by Gestalt psychologist and art theorist Rudolf Arnheim. His discussion of artworks and their reception as complex dynamic fields where the forces of entropy and orderliness counter and complete each other, are brought into dialogue wi...

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Main Author: Maria Poulaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2022-06-01
Series:Cinéma & Cie
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/cinemaetcie/article/view/17087