This paper presents the results of an analysis beaded artwork from collection Czech ethnographer František Řehoř. The is located in Department Ethnography National Museum Prague and currently being analyzed by ethnologists cooperation with Ukrainian experts. provides important source knowledge for studying first stage tradition decoration folk costume (late 18th to late 19th century) eastern Ga...

Artistic BCI applications offer a new modality for humans to express themselves creatively. In this survey we reviewed the available literature on artistic BCIs by classifying four types of user control afforded by the available applications: selective control, passive control, direct control and collaborative control. A brief overview of the history of artistic BCIs is presented, followed by e...

In this paper we report on our research into the development of computational embodied systems dedicated to the production of artworks. We present a conceptual framework that introduces the notion of style-space in relation to the visual arts. This framework underpins and guides our general approach to the development of autonomous agents capable of producing objects that have artistic value. I...

The question of whether architectural creativity is more of an artistic or engineering nature is one with a long history but also one with no conclusive answer. The art camp would argue that technology should be treated as a means towards and end, and that technology alone cannot give meaning to our lives. The engineering camp on the other hand would argue that good problem-solving result...

In France, the curricula for physical education (PE) place gymnastic activities in a set of competences named “Achieving a corporal performance for artistic and acrobatic aims”, alongside dance and circus arts. What place does Artistic occupy in gymnastic activities? RG indeed has some artistic features, however we question their place in gymnastics activity. Is an aesthetic gesture su! cient t...

On December 8, 1896, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, who was to be one of the great benefactors of the Metropolitan, sent a letter to Henry G. Marquand, then President, offering to give the Museum a group of fifty-six objects. "Since the Tiffany Glass Co. have been making favrile glass,"' Mr. Havemeyer wrote, "Mr. Louis Tiffany has set aside the finest pieces of their production, which I have acquired...

From the 1970s we can observe new art practices that combine creative artistic strategies, scientific research and interest in environmental issues. Starting with the Harrisons or Hans Haacke, artists begin to experiment with scientific data to help protecting environment, focusing on problems of soil degradation (Rahmani), water pollution (Simpson), deforestation (Steinmann), ecosystem instabi...