Re: Art, math, realism, ascii (Re: PARASITES INSIDE OF VIRUSES?)
Ludwig Plutonium: > Math will increasingly encroach upon art, and in the future, have the >heavy hand over it. The two essential aspects of art are "intention" >and "resolution". The intention part is the "purpose of art". In the >past history of art, since there was no photographic camera, later the >movie camera. Art was the highest resolution hand work since no cameras >existed. The intent in the old art for the majority of cases was to >preserve a picture-- just like we use a picture camera for that purpose >today. I still don't understand what you mean by "intent". The person who commissions a painting probably has a couple different purposes in mind, the painter has several more, and every viewer adds a few of their own. So far, I've come up with two plausible interpretations of your use of "intent", though neither of them seems particularly reasonable. 1. What Ludwig Plutonium thinks is the meaning of a piece of art. Now, while it may be possible to create a mathematical model that evaluates art according to a Pu-maximization function, who cares? 2. What some omniscient-viewpoint God thinks is the meaning of a piece of art. Again, who cares? Art is a human thing. --
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