Algorithmic Art - Yeison Saldarriaga

systems theory

1996 BCE

A history of algorithms in the visual arts would be voluminous touching many phases in every culture at every turn - the Egyptian canons for drawing the human figure, the infinite geometric play in Islamic art and the role of both linear perspective and proportion in Renaissance art. In China we would find the Mustard Seed Manual and in Byzantium the conventions for icon painting.

generated art

1994 BCE

of generative art (generated by an autonomous system) and is related to systems art (influenced by systems theory). Fractal art is an example of algorithmic art.In Art History.