Process of Artistic Creation

Epilepsy in the process of artistic creation of Dostoevsky.

INTRODUCTION Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Moscow, 1821-Saint Petersburg, 1881) suffered epilepsy throughout his full literary career. The aim here is to understand his condition in light of his novels, correspondence and his contemporaries' accounts as well as by later generations of neurologists. DEVELOPMENT From Murin and Ordynov (The landlady, 1847) to Smerdyakov (The brothers Karamazov, 1879-188...

Copying, superstars, and artistic creation

We provide a new perspective on the impact of unauthorized copying and copy levies on artistic creation. Our analysis emphasizes three important aspects of artistic markets: the predominance of superstars, the dynamics of talent sorting, and the importance of promotion expenditures. In the short run, piracy reduces superstars’ earnings and market share, and increases the number of niche and you...

Artistic Composition for Image Creation

Altering the viewing parameters of a 3D object results in computer graphics images of varying quality. One aspect of image quality is the composition of the image. While the esthetic properties of an image are subjective, some heuristics used by artists to create images can be approximated quantitatively. We present an algorithm based on heuristic compositional rules for finding the format, vie...

Cognitive processes of artistic creation: A field study of a traditional Chinese ink painter’s drawing process

How are art works created by artists? In this study, we focused on the drawing processes of a Chinese ink painter through a field study and a field experiment. In the field study, we observed processes of fusuma drawing in a temple, and in the field experiment, we asked the painter to draw sixteen pictures (eight drawings in BLANK condition and eight drawings LINES condition). We analyzed those...

Embodied creativity : a process continuum from artistic creation to creative participation