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Data Visualization and Aesthetics

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This chapter addresses interdisciplinary research issue that draws on two main research areas: aesthetics and data visualization. In these two areas, the theories of data visualization, the concept of the sublime and the Chinese yijing aesthetic will be investigated. In particular, the key forms and characteristics of the yijing aesthetic and the Kantian mathematic and dynamic sublime will be discussed.

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Li, Q. (2020). Data Visualization and Aesthetics. In: Embodying Data. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5069-0_3

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