The ten words about art that come into my mind is creativity, passionate, soul, elegant, mysterious, pleasure, unique, relaxed, deep and communication.

According to the article “Computer Graphics: effects of Origins” by Beverly J.Jones, she states that there is a tension between the scientific and artistic views of imagery and their evaluation during the development of computer graphics. Some people believe that these views and disciplines should be separate. However, Jones believes that these disciplines should be combined and by using artistic concept, the images of science and technology can be more real. In her article, she says “No single academic area such as computer science or graphic art ‘owns’ computer graphics” (p 22).To prove this, she mentions some instances like “Teams from multiple disciplines are working in academic institutions developing scientific visualization and cognitive and perceptual research; in government research for defense and other practical applications; and in advertising and entertainment” (p 22).

To prove her theory that the scientific, technologic and artistic views of imagery should be combined during the development of computer graphics. Jones mentions some historical examples. One is that because of the increase in memory and speed, and the construction of hidden line algorithms, the three-dimensional images began to appear. About this three-dimensional images, Jones mentions an important person. His name is Duane Palyka who worked at technological research site. About this person’s research, Jones mentions “Because his imagery simulated and explored earlier artistic media, Palyka could use it to present concepts from within the mind of the artist, much as if he were drawing or painting them” (p 24). From this sentence, we can find the combination of technological and artistic concepts.

We all know Photoshop and Microsoft series. These two software are very important for our life. Professor use PowerPoint to do slides and show us the main content he want to talk about in the class. Accountant use Excel to do some financial statements and calculations. Photographer use Photoshop to manipulate photos and make them become more artistic. All these are combinations of art and technology.

In the article “Working in the Medium of Science”, the author mentions a famous person whose name is Arthur I. Miller and he is a historian and philosopher. This person argues that “artists and scientists have always had the same mission: to “fathom the reality beyond appearance, the world invisible to our eyes” (para 2). For most people, science are logical and art are emotional. However, they can be combined actually and make our world better.

References:

Hoffman, J. (2014, August 4). Working in the Medium of Science. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/science

Jones, B. J. (1990). Computer Graphics: Effects of Origins. Oxford: Pergamon Press

 

Jane Mcgonigal is a game designer and she believes that playing online games is helpful for us to solve real-world problems. In the video, Jane comes up with four things that what games are making us virtuosos at. The first thing is that gamers always have a hope of success and believes it is always worth trying. The second thing is that in the games people can build stronger social relationships and they can trust each other to cooperate. The third thing is that games can bring them pleasure and make them happier than anything they do like shopping or hanging out. They are willing to work hard in the game. The fourth thing is that “ Gamers love to be attached to awe-inspiring missions” (Jane).From these four things, we can find that online games are beneficial for people. She also mentions a economist whose name is Edward Castronova to states the reason why so many people love to play games. In games, gamers can achieve more. They can build stronger relationships with other gamers; they can get better feedback and feel more rewarded than they do in the real life. I agree with these views. There are a lot of my friends love playing online games. Most of them even spend all nights playing and have no rest because they believe games can help them have more achievements and they are more respected than they are in the real world. However, all these people I knew who are addicted to playing games don’t have any achievements and contributions in the real world. They cannot deal with their own problems and take good care of themselves, not mention to resolve real-world problems. I admit that people can learn more and get more from online games. But if a person devote himself completely into the world of games and use this way to get rid of problems from real world, how can he live better and use what he learned from games to solve real-world problems which he even doesn’t want to face? The conditions for every people is different. If people just treat games as a way which can help them get rid of troubles from reality, I don’t believe they will learn something from games and know how to solve real-world problems.