Re: Art, math, realism, ascii (Re: PARASITES INSIDE OF VIRUSES?)
From Ian Broverman <ia...@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu>
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· 15 Aug 1994 03:31 · View full thread
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.................This is not a flame................................ ......................it is merely a clarification.................. >Ian Broverman (ia...@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu) wrote: > >> Mathematics is a part of nature. I think that art has been >> competing with nature since day one. > >> I agree that mathematics will not overtake art. It, like every >> other medium that a creative person can get their hands on, is >> becoming art. > Colin responds: >Perhaps definitions of art and mathematics could be useful ? [definitions deleted] >I suggest that the above definitions would indicate that mathematics >cannot be closely allied to art which has little to do with rigorous >precision or quantity. However, I guess you could say that >Mathematics is " employment of means and methods to do a thing well ", >but Art could hardly be described as " the science that treats of >quantity ". > Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't trying to equate math and art. Mathematics and a chunk of marble are both things that (arguably) exist in nature. But in the hands of a creative artist, the chunk of marble becomes a statue, and the mathematics is transformed into a kewl screensaver. :) ObAscii: (O) <M o <M /| ...... /:M\------------------------------------------------,,,,,, (O)[]XXXXXX[]I:K+}=====<{H}>================================------------> \| ^^^^^^ \:W/------------------------------------------------'''''' o <W <W (O) -Ian -- ia...@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu | | UCD Mech & Aero, #02404; Davis, CA 95616 ---------------------------' `------------------------------------------ =========================== + ========================================== ---------------------------. .------------------------------------------
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