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Algorithmic art, also known as algorithm art, is visual art explicitly generated by an algorithm. The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography In Mathematics, Computing, Linguistics and related subjects an algorithm is a sequence of finite instructions often used for Calculation

Classification

Algorithmic art is a subset of generative art, and is practically always executed by a computer. Generative art refers to Art that has been generated composed or constructed in an Algorithmic manner through the use of systems defined by Computer A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. If executed by a computer, it is also classed as computer-generated art. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form It is usually digital art, although a number of artists work with plotters. Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form A plotter is a Vector graphics printing device that connects to a Computer. Fractal art is an example of algorithmic art. Fractal art is created by calculating Fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images animations music, or other media

History

The earliest known examples of algorithmic art are artworks created by Georg Nees and Frieder Nake in the early 1960s. Georg Nees (born 1926 in Nürnberg, Germany) is a professor at the University of Erlangen, Germany Nees studied Mathematics, Frieder Nake (born December 16, 1938) is a professor of Computer science at the University of Bremen and at the University of the Arts Bremen These works were executed by a plotter controlled by a personal computer, and were therefore computer-generated art but not digital art. A plotter is a Vector graphics printing device that connects to a Computer. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form The act of creation lay in writing the program, the sequence of actions to be performed by the plotter. Computer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a Computer. A plotter is a Vector graphics printing device that connects to a Computer.

Aside from the ongoing work of Verostko and his fellow Algorists, the next known examples are fractal artworks created in the mid to late 1980s. Fractal art is created by calculating Fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images animations music, or other media These are important here because they use a different means of execution. Whereas the earliest algorithmic art was "drawn" by a plotter, fractal art simply creates an image in computer memory; it is therefore digital art. A plotter is a Vector graphics printing device that connects to a Computer. Fractal art is created by calculating Fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images animations music, or other media Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form The native form of a fractal artwork is an image stored on a computer - this is also true of very nearly all equation art and of most recent algorithmic art in general. Fractal art is created by calculating Fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images animations music, or other media A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.

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Notable Algorithm Artists

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