During this week, we are talking about technology & art, in Jones’s article, “Computer Graphics: Effects of Origins.” I think the author mainly want to discuss about the relationship between technology and art, and with the development of old/origin technology, how does it related to human society and what is the effect of people’s life. As the author states her thesis in his article “reflecting origins and prior practices, these embedded patterns may have existed in art, technology or other aspects of material and symbolic culture.” (51). The author traces the evolution from alphanumeric hardcopy, static and dynamic screen images, through objects and events that are not screen-based, to dynamic, interactive, multisensory output. The effects of origins and prior practices are not only in technology but also in art, and during so many years’ development, computer graphics and new technologies normally been used and influence every people’s life.
Jones provides some examples as an illustration of her thesis. One of them is “The stone columns of ancient Egyptian architecture were based on earlier bound papyrus columns. Early oil paintings were similar in technique to egg tempera…edges.”(51).This is a great example which related to the author’s thesis to let us know the connection between art and technology, both of them were based and rely on each other, they cannot be divided apart. Just like she mentioned in her article “Old cultural patterns do not die.” (51).
In today’s culture, there are so many art work or technology are also based on old patterns and both art and science are perfectly related to each other. There is a very simple and easy understandable example I want to provide is most modern buildings especially high building like (Eiffel tower, Burj Khalifa Tower) always has a shape of triangle or triangle top. As most people know the theory, “Triangle has the stability.” Where is this come from? It is from “Egyptian pyramid.” The Egyptian pyramid has thousands history in human culture, and it is a great art work with a great talent of scientific technology, it perfectly represents the combine of art and technology and influence human’s cultural development till today.
There is a short article I find online is talk about the connection between art and technology, the author pointed out “Both science and art involves the systematic use of a technique or a skill and involves the testing of ideas and theories.” It is true, both artists and scientists are creating new things, and I personally think both art and science often related to each other, as the example given by this article, the author talked about Da Vinci, a world famous real artist, “His amazing scientific drawings are a work of art, and his paintings are the subject of many scientific theories.”
References
Unknow. The connection between Art & Technology. Retrieved on March 2, 2014, from http://www.digitalartforall.com/91/the-connection-between-art-technology/
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