On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Loup Vaillant <l...@loup-vaillant.fr> wrote:
> David Barbour wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:30 AM, karl ramberg <karlramb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:karlramb...@gmail.com>**> wrote: >> >> I don't think you can do this project without a understanding of >> art. It's a fine gridded mesh that make us pick between practically >> similar artifacts with ease and that make the engineer baffled. From >> a engineering standpoint there is not much difference between a >> random splash of paint and a painting by Jackson Pollock. You can >> get far with surprisingly little resources if done correctly. >> >> Karl >> >> >> I think, even with an understanding of art and several art history >> classes in university, it is difficult to tell the difference between a >> random splash of paint and a painting by Jackson Pollock. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dave >> > > If I recall correctly, there is a method: zoom in. Pollock's paintings > are remarkable in that they tend to display the same amount of entropy > no matter how much you zoom in (well, up to 100, actually). Like a > fractal. > > (Warning: this is a distant memory, so don't count me as a reliable > source.) > > Loup. > > My point here was not to argue about a specific artist or genere but that the domain of art is very different from that of engineer. What makes some music lifeless and some the most awe-inspiring you heard in your whole life ? Karl > ______________________________**_________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/**listinfo/fonc<http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc> >
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