Haptic poetry Haptic poetry Haptic poetry, like visual poetry and sound poetry, is a liminal art form combining characteristics of typography and sculpture to create objects not only to be seen, but to be touched and manipulated. Indeed, in haptic poetry, the sense of touch (and, to a lesser extent, the other senses) is equal to, if not more important than, the sense of sight, yet both text-based poetry and haptic poetry have the same goals: to create an aesthetic effect in the minds of the intended audience. The history of "poetic objects" may be traced back to the Dada productions of
The Senses (Rembrandt) was Rembrandt's father. The whereabouts of this work, and what it depicts, are unknown. The Senses (Rembrandt) The Senses is a series of five oil paintings, completed by Rembrandt, depicting the five senses. The whereabouts of one, representing the sense of taste, is unknown. Another, representing smell, was only re-identified in 2015. Rembrandt was only around eighteen years old when the paintings were made; they are his earliest surviving works, and are of identical size. In about the 1720s the four known paintings were extended, but only one, "Smell", retains the additions and those are now concealed by its frame,