Reviews
"The books are an excellent reference work for designers, artists,
and architects--as well as people working in computer graphics, scientific
visualization, and web page design."
--R&D Magazine
"In
the hands of artists...Mathematica has become a springboard
to a new world of illustrative power."
--Communication Arts
"The
art of Graphica will sometimes look like the creations of a
human artist and sometimes like a familiar system in nature....So,
as with all mathematical art, what is presented here is a combination
of the fundamental beauty of mathematical principles and the imagination
of the artists."
--Computer Shopper UK
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Is there a mathematical pattern for beauty? Since the time of the ancient Greeks, artists have
investigated the relationship between aesthetically pleasing designs and their geometrical underpinnings. Usually this
relation has been tenuous, since images built according to strict mathematical principles tend to appear lifeless and
static. Yet, as this volume demonstrates, these images can be enlivened through the carefully controlled use of random
elements.
Igor
Bakshee has worked in the electronics industry and held research and senior research positions in the Ukraine and Japan.
He has been a member of the Applications Development team at Wolfram Research, Inc. since 1994 and wrote the
award-winning application Control System Professional. Dr. Bakshee has created highly successful designs for
several major textile manufacturers in Japan and the United States. He is also the author of Artlandia, a
Mathematica-based application for creative graphic design. Dr. Bakshee's artwork is highlighted in
Graphica
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