| Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, Jan, 2004, pp. 103-115 @2004 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences Can a Monkey with a Computer Create Art? Abstract: A computer can be programmed to search through
the solution of millions of equations to find a few hundred
whose graphical display is aesthetically pleasing to humans.
This paper describes some methods for performing such an
exhaustive search, criteria for automatically judging aesthetic
appeal, and examples of the results. Keywords: art, aesthetics, chaos, strange attractor |