It is not uncommon, these days, to refer to cosmetic surgeons as " half artists. " The doctors are not averse to being called so; in fact, they are eager to exploit this trend. Cosmetic surgery, uniquely, strives to achieve the transformation of the body on the grounds of curing not a disease but a mind seeking youth and beauty. Cosmetic surgery can be defined as a great effort to create artist...

Introduction One of the best known iconographic elements of South Arabia is undoubtedly the ibex. The frequency with which this animal appeared is due both to the highly symbolic value it enjoyed with respect to the pantheon of South Arabian divinities (1), and to its inherent qualities—lithe body, lightness of movement and curved horns—which made it particularly suited to artistic reproduction...

Reaching high levels of artistic creation in a society requires institutions that facilitate the sorting of the most talented individuals of each generation and the development of their skills across artistic careers. The impact of long copyrights is not straightforward in this respect. This paper takes a professional career approach to analyzing how copyright regulation affects artistic creati...

Computer-assisted animation production tools have an important role in animation production industries. They could reduce the production cost and time. In this paper, a new computer-assisted artistic pattern drawing system is proposed. The system automatically adds artistic patterns to 2D animations. The artistic patters are captured from key frames drawn by an animator and are applied to line ...

Analysis of work of art may be treated as some sort of classification of information: does the work is really artistic or not. This article is an attempt to introduce some classification criteria, though the author understands that the problem is extremely delicate and complicated. Attractiveness of work of art is determined by its proportions. The screen of a computer by itself is a mechanism ...

Artists are constantly exploring new methods which innovate or enhance the esthetic value of their works. Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest in applying the swarm paradigm to generative art, i.e. in designing decentralized systems where mobile agents collaborate on the creation of an emerging piece. In this context, the present paper discusses the artistic potential of a...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between art experience and artistic inspiration. Focusing on attitudes and behaviors in appreciation and creation as mediating variables, it was hypothesized that (a) the method of appreciation with comparison between one’s creations and others’ creations is the best predictor of artistic inspiration, and (b) art experiences might...

The article presents a comparison of artistic and creative achievements of Slovenian fifth grade primary school students using a sample of 321 fifth graders (11 and 12 year olds) from 12 primary schools (4 urban and 8 suburban schools). The previously verified LV1 test was used as the research instrument that was employed to establish the existing condition of artistic creativity. The test was ...