The Computer in the Visual Arts

By Anne Morgan Spalter

Book Overview

Introducing a dynamic medium for artistic expression and graphic communication This is a seminal contributionoa must-read for anyone interested in how computers are used in art and design. Spalter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201386003
• ISBN13: 9780201386004
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Wow!

Undoubtedly the most comprehensive, thought-provoking treatise on this important subject.The accompanying web page is terrific!

Terrrific. Written by an artist for artists!

I had read about this book in USA Today online and heard from a number of people I respect about it. Everyone kept telling me I had to buy it. I finally finished reading it and felt compelled to post what a wonderful experience it was to add The Computer in the Visual Arts to my library.The concepts are illustrated and written in a way that artists can understand and enjoy (how refreshing!). Subjects that I had difficulty in comprehending such as the difference between screen pixels and image pixels are now clear to me. While some may consider a minor point, it is amazing to me how much more I am able to enjoy creating images with this new found knowledge. I was also delighted to see so many outstanding examples of art work. The color plates were particularly gratifying. If this book has a second printing I would urge the publisher to have more color images. The range and diversity of the chapters was a real plus for me and gave me a "big picture" that I have never grasped before.

Great coverage of both the art AND the concepts!!

This is a wonderful book and long overdue in the computer art community. The author deftly weaves together both descriptions of historic as well as contemporary art done with computer technology along with the concepts that underlie that technology in a complete yet very understandable way. In addition there are lots of suggestions of where to go to find more detailed information on all the topics covered. For the aspiring student the author has included valuable exercises to reinforce the material covered in each chapter. This book is definitely the "Foley and van Dam" (long the computer graphics 'bible' of the technical set) for the artistic aficionados of computer graphics! And, by the way, even the technical folks should enjoy this work!

This book is filled with gems re techniqesand theory.

>Even though I have been using Computers as my medium for thirty odd years >I find >Anne Spalter's "The Computer in the Visual Arts" filled with gems >concerning technique >and theory. Lillian Schwartz, co-author with Laurens R. Schwartz The Computer >Artist's Handbook, W.W. Norton, Inc. 199