A Computational Approach to Digital Chinese Painting and Calligraphy / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 3540881476
ISBN-13:: 9783540881476
Pub. Date:: 03/16/2009
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

ISBN-10:: 3540881476
ISBN-13:: 9783540881476
Pub. Date:: 03/16/2009
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

A Computational Approach to Digital Chinese Painting and Calligraphy / Edition 1

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"A Computational Approach to Digital Chinese Painting and Calligraphy" is a technical book on computer science and its applications in the arts. It focuses on Oriental digital arts, in particular Chinese arts and painting, offering a multi-disciplinary treatment from the angles of computer graphics, interactive techniques, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. The book also discusses the unique difficulties and challenges of using the computer to produce Oriental arts, including research results by the authors and their lessons and engineering experiences behind these efforts.

Songhua Xu is a computer scientist of Zhejiang University and Yale University, as well as an honorary researcher of the University of Hong Kong. Francis C.M. Lau is Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he leads the Systems Research Group in the Department of Computer Science. Yunhe Pan is Professor of Computer Science at Zhejiang University as well as Deputy President of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

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ISBN-13:	9783540881476
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/16/2009
Series:	Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	363
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Computer Science and Fine Arts.- Computer Science in Painting: A Brief Survey.- Computer Science in Paintings or Drawings.- Interactive Digital Painting and Calligraphy.- to Interactive Digital Chinese Painting and Calligraphy.- Basic Algorithmic Framework of a Virtual Hairy Paintbrush System.- Performance Enhanced Virtual Hairy Paintbrush System.- Pigment Component of an Advanced Virtual Hairy Paintbrush System.- Rendering Component of an Advanced Virtual Hairy Paintbrush System.- Automatic Generation of Artistic Chinese Calligraphy.- Principles of Automatic Generation of Artistic Chinese Calligraphy.- Two Perspectives on Automatic Generation of Artistic Chinese Calligraphy.- A Preliminary Attempt at Evaluating the Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy.- Animating Chinese Paintings.- Animating Chinese Paintings through Stroke-based Decomposition.- Perspectives.- Final Fantasies for Digital Painting and Calligraphy.

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