Creativity and Art

Margaret A. Boden is Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex. She is a Fellow (and past Vice-President) of the British Academy, and of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (and its British and European equivalents), and a member of the Academia Europaea. In 2002 she was awarded an OBE for services to Cognitive Science, and she holds a Cambridge ScD as well as honorary doctorates from Bristol, Sussex, and the Open University. Educated at Cambridge and Harvard, her earlier degrees were in medical sciences, philosophy, and psychology.

• Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Creativity in a Nutshell ; 3. Are Autodidacts Creative? ; 4. Crafts, Perception, and the Possibilities of the Body ; 5. Creativity and Conceptual Art ; 6. Personal Signatures in Art ; 7. What is Generative Art? ; 8. Agents and Creativity ; 9. Autonomy, Integrity, and Computer Art ; 10. Authenticity and Computer Art ; 11. Aesthetics and Interactive Art ; 12. Is Metabolism Necessary? ; Index

Review from previous edition brimming with interesting ideas and fascinating examples, presented in a clear, lively, and engaging fashion. Boden's book is essential reading for anyone interested in creativity in art or in computer art, and it deserves to be widely read and admired.