Re: Art, math, realism, ascii (Re: PARASITES INSIDE OF VIRUSES?)

In article <Col...@equinox.gen.nz>
Col...@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes:

> The Mona Lisa has an indefinable quality which has little to do with 
> high resolution photography, mathematical definition, or the beauty 
> of a female face.

  I was hoping that Colin or someone would do a logarithmic spiral of
the same rectangular dimension of the ascii Mona Lisa.
  The math proof of art would say something like this of the ascii Mona
Lisa. There is a maximum best ascii of the Mona Lisa. Because of the
limitations of number of bits (pixels) and the limitations of what
character goes into the bits. When it comes down to the appraisal of
two ascii Mona Lisa's, for instance, one of those will have say a ; in
a bit whereas the other picture will have say a : in that same bit, and
all other bits the same exact character. Then comparing those two ascii
pictures of the Mona Lisa, the one with the ; instead of the : is of a
higher resolution "compared with the actual Mona Lisa".
  Math will increasingly encroach upon art, and in the future, have the
heavy hand over it. The two essential aspects of art are "intention"
and "resolution". The intention part is the "purpose of art". In the
past history of art, since there was no photographic camera, later the
movie camera. Art was the highest resolution hand work since no cameras
existed. The intent in the old art for the majority of cases was to
preserve a picture-- just like we use a picture camera for that purpose
today.

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