Painting the Digital River: How an Artist Learned to Love the Computer

Description

This book is about art, written from an artist's point of view. It is also about computers, written from the perspective of a painter who uses them. It is a literate and witty attempt to make sense of the introduction of computer tools into the creation of art, to understand the issues and the fuss, to appreciate the people inolved and the work they do, and to know the promise of the new media, as well as the risks. It is written for a general audience, and should appeal equally to traditional art departments as well as computer graphics departments. 

 

List of Illustrations xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi

Chapter 1: The Mud of the River 1
Dipping into the Digital River 1

Through the Studio Window 4

Charts 9

Pre and Post 11

Good-Bye Futurism 18

Floating 22

Chapter 2: A Bend in the River 25
Beginners 25

Learning How to Move 27

Another Admirable Invention 30

The Road to Extinction? 32

Blinking, Thinking 33

Too Quiet 37

Being on Both Sides 44

Chapter 3: Big Pixels, Small Minds 49
Strange Country 49

Public and Private Views 51

Small Minds 56

Hooked on Pixels 63

Hotel Pixel 69

Ghosts 74

Separate Streams 77

Crossing Points 81

Chapter 4: Gone Fishing 91
The Art of Art 91

Tools, Models, and Minds 98

The Patient Painter 103

The Amphibian 111

Machines and Intellects 118

Blurred Vision 121

Tricks of the Eye 125

Chapter 5: Slack Water 135
Gold Standard 135

Bricks and Definitions 140

Indecisive Taste 148

Special Knowledge 152

Prints and Originals 160

Better Boxes 166

Doing Without the Explanation 171

Chapter 6: Letting the Paint Know About Art 177
Demos and Egos 177

Not Judging the User 182

Reinventing the Palette 186

Novelty Paint 193

How Painters Think 199

Testing the Art as Art 204

Thinking Paint Program 206

Zen Paint 211

Chapter 7: Strange Plants 213
New Planet 213

Departure-Lounge Moments 216

Postcard from a Researcher 220

Carpets and Algorithms 226

Medieval Digital 233

Matter and Spirit 240

Mathematical Flowers 248

Random Flowers 254

Eco Artists 257

Chapter 8: The Silver Thread 269
Choosing the Course 269

Matching the Best 272

Drawing Redefined 278

From Prince to Peer 282

Choosing a Colour 288

Nature Speaks 292

Complex Waters 296

Notes 301
Index 307

 

描述

這本書是關於藝術的，從一位藝術家的角度來寫的。同時也是關於電腦的，從一位使用電腦的畫家的觀點來寫的。這是一本有文學性且風趣的嘗試，試圖理解將電腦工具引入藝術創作的問題和爭議，欣賞參與其中的人們和他們的工作，並了解新媒體的潛力和風險。這本書是為一般讀者而寫的，同樣適合傳統藝術系和電腦圖形系的讀者。

 

目錄

插圖目錄 xiii
前言 xv
致謝 xxi

第一章：河流的泥濘 1
深入數位之河 1

透過工作室的窗戶 4

圖表 9

前後 11

再見未來主義 18

漂浮 22

第二章：河流的彎曲 25
初學者 25

學習如何移動 27

另一個令人欽佩的發明 30

通往滅絕的道路？ 32

眨眼思考 33

太安靜了 37

身處兩個陣營 44

第三章：大像素，小心思 49
陌生的國度 49

公共和私人觀點 51

狹隘的心態 56

迷戀像素 63

像素旅館 69

幽靈 74

分開的流 77

交叉點 81

第四章：消失的漁獲 91
藝術的藝術 91

工具、模型和思維 98

耐心的畫家 103

兩棲動物 111

機器和智慧 118

模糊的視野 121

眼睛的把戲 125

第五章：靜水 135
黃金標準 135

磚塊和定義 140

優柔寡斷的品味 148

特殊知識 152

印刷品和原作 160

更好的盒子 166

不需要解釋 171

第六章：讓油漆了解藝術 177
示範和自我 177

不評斷使用者 182

重新發明調色盤 186

新奇的油漆 193

畫家的思維 199

測試藝術作為藝術 204

思考油漆程式 206

禪意油漆 211

第七章：奇異的植物 213
新星球 213

離境時刻 216

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