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Modern Algorithmic Aesthetics And Mathematical Harmony Throughout History, Nessreen Y. Ibrahim

Journal of Art, Design and Music

The main objective of this review is to emphasizes the importance of mathematics and its role in aesthetic mental cognition and to encourage designers and contemporary artists to study pure mathematics seriously rather than dealing with pre-generated codes. By cultivating a philosophical attitude to so-called Algorithmic Aesthetics, the paper assumed that a new era of pure aesthetics could be begun. The article drew a solid connection between aesthetics and algorithmic design thinking based on mathematical approaches. Issues reviewed and discussed include the theoretical (quantitative) and applied (mathematical) theories that had been produced to explore the origin of aesthetics. This review …