Computing Aesthetics

Abstract

Abstract. Aesthetic judgment is one of the most valued human characteristics, being regarded as a remarkable display of intelligence. Popular knowledge tells us that it is purely cultural. In this paper, we present a brief theory according to which aesthetics depends on biological and cultural issues, namely on visual image processing. We present an implementation of this theory and the experimental results achieved. The tests were made with two purposes in mind, validating the theory and using it as a basis for the automatic generation and evaluation of images.

Comparing Aesthetic Measures for Evolutionary Art

“…Machado & Cardoso The aesthetic measure described in [8] builds on the relation between Image Complexity (IC) and Processing Complexity (PC). Images that are visually complex, but are processed easily have the highest aesthetic value.…”

Quantifying Aesthetics of Visual Design Applied to Automatic Design

“…For instance, a series of studies in human inspection may lead to a ground truth for an [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. automatic clustering; or a closed-form mathematical solution may steer a trend of research in empirical studies.…”

Modelling the underlying principles of human aesthetic preference in evolutionary art

“…Substantial efforts in evolutionary art research have been dedicated to studying and devising good aesthetic measures [12,19,24,31,32]. It is generally agreed that formulating a universally valid and acceptable aesthetic criterion is not within our reach.…”

“…Measure R is based on Ross et al [32], measure MC is based on Machado and Cardoso [24], measure BZ is based on Birkhoff and Zurek [2,31] and finally measure S is based on Shannon entropy [31].…”

“…This measure is based on the aesthetic theory of Machado and Cardoso [24] asserting that the aesthetic value of an artwork is directly correlated to Image Complexity (IC ) and inversely correlated to Processing Complexity (PC ). So, the value of the aesthetic measure is calculated as the ratio…”