Creativity in the aging visual artist is reviewed and modifying factors are identified. A program of support for the artist is described with the goal of regeneration of career with enhanced creativity and increased productivity.

MusicBrainz is a publicly available relational database that stores information about artists, releases, tracks and the relationship among them. We present the results of mining association rules from this dataset, with the aim of obtaining knowledge about artists and their work. We are able to obtain associations between features, such as native language, and quantify how likely it is for an a...

Computer art is often seen as inauthentic, even strictly impossible, because it lacks certain essential features of genuine art. For instance, it’s said that computers don’t hav e emotions; that any work of art is a human communication rooted in human experience; that computer art isn’t unique, because a program could churn out its products indefinitely; and that programs can’t generate fundame...

In this paper we report on a transdisciplinary university course designed to bring together fine art/visual communication design and computer science students for the creation and implementation of collaborative visual/audio projects that draw upon the specialized knowledge of both these disciplines. While an overview of the syllabus and the teaching methodologies is undertaken in the introduct...

In this paper we report on a transdisciplinary university course designed to bring together fine art/visual communication design and computer science students for the creation and implementation of collaborative visual/audio projects that draw upon the specialized knowledge of both these disciplines. While an overview of the syllabus and the teaching methodologies is undertaken in the introduct...

Since the 16th century, art historians have debated the methods of medieval artists. A frequent topic of discussion and one that has been invoked at times to distinguish the medieval artist from his early modern successor is the extent to which medieval art is based on the observation of nature. In this vein, much recent commentary has focused on selected works whose descriptiveness challenges ...

What are the boundaries between traditional and new media, between ability and disability, and between the artist and the processes for making art? This article reports findings from a study of tablet devices as media for self-expression and visual storytelling by adults with intellectual disabilities and examined whether or not artmaking processes were altered by the use of tablet devices when...

The study of man's medical history is difficult, since it is accomplished by correlating rare written records, archaeological findings, and ethnological information. T o accurately deduce diagnoses and treatment from art is also difficult. The work of art being examined may be an abstraction or stylization. We can make accurate deductions only from those art works that clearly demonstrate that ...