Sinossi
These days, we take for granted that our computer screens—and even our phones—will show us images in vibrant full color. Digital color is a fundamental part of how we use our devices, but we never give a thought to how it is produced or how it came about.
Chromatic Algorithms reveals the fascinating history behind digital color, tracing it from the work of a few brilliant computer scientists and experimentally minded artists in the late 1960s and early ‘70s through to its appearance in commercial software in the early 1990s. Mixing philosophy of technology, aesthetics, and media analysis, Carolyn Kane shows how revolutionary the earliest computer-generated colors were—built with the massive postwar number-crunching machines, these first examples of “computer art” were so fantastic that artists and computer scientists regarded them as psychedelic, even revolutionary, harbingers of a better future for humans and machines. But, Kane shows, the explosive growth of personal computing and its accompanying need for off-the-shelf software led to standardization and the gradual closing of the experimental field in which computer artists had thrived.
Even so, the gap between the bright, bold presence of color onscreen and the increasing abstraction of its underlying code continues to lure artists and designers from a wide range of fields, and Kane draws on their work to pose fascinating questions about the relationships among art, code, science, and media in the twenty-first century.
Chromatic Algorithms reveals the fascinating history behind digital color, tracing it from the work of a few brilliant computer scientists and experimentally minded artists in the late 1960s and early ‘70s through to its appearance in commercial software in the early 1990s. Mixing philosophy of technology, aesthetics, and media analysis, Carolyn Kane shows how revolutionary the earliest computer-generated colors were—built with the massive postwar number-crunching machines, these first examples of “computer art” were so fantastic that artists and computer scientists regarded them as psychedelic, even revolutionary, harbingers of a better future for humans and machines. But, Kane shows, the explosive growth of personal computing and its accompanying need for off-the-shelf software led to standardization and the gradual closing of the experimental field in which computer artists had thrived.
Even so, the gap between the bright, bold presence of color onscreen and the increasing abstraction of its underlying code continues to lure artists and designers from a wide range of fields, and Kane draws on their work to pose fascinating questions about the relationships among art, code, science, and media in the twenty-first century.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Informazioni sull?autore
Carolyn L. Kane is a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University and assistant professor of visual communications at Ryerson University in Toronto.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Risultati della ricerca per Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art,...
Foto dell'editore
Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art, and Aesthetics after Code
Editore:
University of Chicago Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 022600273X
ISBN 13: 9780226002736
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Prima edizione
Da: Booketeria Inc., San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Valutazione del venditore 4 su 5 stelle
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library copy. art. Codice articolo 700135351
Compra usato
EUR 42,94
EUR 2,44 shipping
Spedito in U.S.A.
Spedito in U.S.A.
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art, and Aesthetics after Code
Editore:
University of Chicago Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 022600273X
ISBN 13: 9780226002736
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Da: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
Condizione: acceptable. Fast & Free Shipping â" A well-used but reliable copy with all text fully readable. Pages and cover remain intact, though wear such as notes, highlighting, bends, or library marks may be present. Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included. Codice articolo ZWV.022600273X.A
Compra usato
EUR 46,56
Spedizione gratuita
Spedito in U.S.A.
Spedito in U.S.A.
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art, and Aesthetics After Code
Editore:
University of Chicago, 2014
ISBN 10: 022600273X
ISBN 13: 9780226002736
Antico o usato
Rilegato
Prima edizione
Da: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Superb clean and well bound copy of this rare book in dustjacket. Just the slightest traces of handling and shelf wear, but overall almost as new ! Codice articolo ABE-1639498160642
Compra usato
EUR 262,88
EUR 4,25 shipping
Spedito in U.S.A.
Spedito in U.S.A.
Quantità: 1 disponibili