Graphica 2: The Pattern of Beauty: The Art of Igor Bakshee - Hardcover

Bakshee, Igor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157955010X ISBN 13: 9781579550103

Publisher: Wolfram Media, 1999

Synopsis

Graphica 2 consists of unique and unusual color illustrations created using the computer software system Mathematica. This unique and beautiful book will be both an inspiration and a reference work for designers, artists, and architects--as well as for people working in computer graphics, scientific visualization, electronic media design, and mathematics.

About this title

From the Author

This book originated from my search for a general formula for creating beauty from randomness--a transformation perhaps more appropriate for alchemy than algorithm. On a more pragmatic level, I have also searched for ways to generate beautiful images using the computer, and--more pragmatic still--for an algorithmic means to generate attractive patterns and designs en masse, thereby proving a human designer with an inexhaustible source of inspiration.

From the Inside Flap

Is there a mathematical pattern for beauty? Since the time of the ancient Greeks, artists have investigated the relationship between aesthetically pleasing designs and their geometric underpinnings. Usually this relation has been tenuous, since images built according to strict mathematical principles appear lifeless and static. Yet, as this volume demonstrates, these images can be enlivened through the carefully controlled use of random elements.

Igor Bakshee has spent years investigating the visual effects produced by different kinds of randomness. He developed the Artlandia application, which gives artists a high degree of control over a wide variety of random processes. This volume shows the results of Bakshee's investigations. His careful mixture of order and chaos results in an extraordinary encyclopedia of beautiful patterns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wolfram Media
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 157955010X
• ISBN 13: 9781579550103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 86