Painting and Visualization
ROBERT M. KIRBY, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah
DANIEL F. KEEFE and DAVID H. LAIDLAW, Department of Computer Science, Brown University
45.1 Introduction
Art, in particular painting, has had clear impacts on the style, techniques, and processes of scientific visualization. Artists strive to create visual forms and ideas that are evocative and convey meaning or tell a story. Over time, painters and other artists have developed sophisticated techniques, as well as a finely tuned aesthetic sense, to help accomplish their goals. As visualization researchers, we can learn from this body of work to improve our own visual representations. We can study artistic examples to learn ...
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