The Art and
Science
of Depiction
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Frédo Durand
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MIT- Lab for
Computer Science |
Plan of the session
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Getting acquainted |
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What are you expecting? |
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Practical details |
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Overview of the class |
Sign up!
Presentation
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Name |
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Background |
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Professional goals |
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Motivation for the class |
Getting Acquainted visit
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1/2h appointment |
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E-mail: fredo@graphics.lcs.mit.edu |
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Brainstorming
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No criticism, in particular no
self-criticism |
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The goal is quantity, not quality |
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Steal other’s ideas |
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Build upon what has been said |
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Write everything down |
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After the brainstorm: Synthesize |
A Little Brainstorm
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What do you expect from this class? |
Synthesis of the
brainstorm
What will be discussed
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Any figurative picture |
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Not only artworks (but mainly) |
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Mainly static aspects (but will discuss
cinema) |
Pitch of the class
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Does not discuss essence of Beauty or
Art |
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We do not give recipes to make pictures |
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No social/gender/political aspect |
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This is only one possible viewpoint on
images |
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Technical issues about depiction |
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Perception |
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Language and tools to describe, compare
and generate pictures |
Some personal motivations
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Get some culture |
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Importance of multi-disciplinarity |
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Applications to Computer Graphics |
Sharing knowledge
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Relativism |
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Your knowledge |
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Probably more than us on some aspect |
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Share it! |
Questions?
Organization of the
sessions
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Brainstorming about the previous
lecture |
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Lecture |
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Attendance is mandatory |
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Ask questions during the lecture |
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Slides will be on the web |
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Talks |
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Discussion about the readings |
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Prepare your two issues |
Organization off-sessions
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Reading: 3h/week |
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2 books + articles and chapters |
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1 page summary + 2 questions each week |
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Feedback: 20 min/week |
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Assignments: 3h/week |
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Talk: 10h |
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Project |
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Will be discussed and negotiated |
Assignments
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Due at the first session of the week |
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Result+1 page description |
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Photoshop |
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Canoma |
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Piranesi |
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Manual activities |
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Essays |
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After each lecture: |
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Bring an illustrative image+half page
comment |
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Most important thing you have learnt?
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Log of your readings/activities\ |
Activities
Essays
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Importance of writing |
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Multiple step with peer feedback |
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Outline |
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Draft |
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Final essay |
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Provide a comment of the essay |
Art and Illusion
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Ernst Gombrich |
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1956 |
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Art Historian |
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Landmark book |
Cognition and the Visual
Arts
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Robert Solso |
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1994 |
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Cognitivist |
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Excellent textbook |
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Talks
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Highly flexible |
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A book, chapters or articles will be
provided |
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Related subject |
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In-depth specialized subject |
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You can propose your own subject |
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Look at the suggestions, make a vague
decision in two weeks. |
Projects
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Highly flexible |
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Decide by week 4 |
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Report and presentation |
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Can be |
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Computer Software |
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Essay |
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Multimedia document |
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Psychophysics experiment |
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Manual project |
Other activities
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Museums |
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Movies |
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Further readings |
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Ask |
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Share |
Questions?
Overview of the class
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Introductory discussions |
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Human Visual Perception |
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Limitations of the 2D medium |
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Representation systems |
Overview of the class
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Introductory discussions |
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Limits of realism |
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Chain reality-artist-picture-beholder |
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Dual nature of pictures, 2D/3D |
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Human Visual Perception |
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Limitations of the 2D medium |
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Representation systems |
Overview of the class
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Introductory discussions |
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Human Visual Perception |
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Low-level vision |
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Vision as a cognitive process |
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Invariants, constancy |
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Colors |
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Limitations of the 2D medium |
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Representation systems |
Overview of the class
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Introductory discussions |
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Human Visual Perception |
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Limitations of the 2D medium |
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The image is flat, the viewpoint is
unique |
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The image is finite |
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The image is static |
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The image has a limited contrast and a
limited gamut |
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Can be compensated or accentuated |
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Representation systems |
Overview of the class
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Introductory discussions |
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Human Visual Perception |
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Limitations of the 2D medium |
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Representation systems |
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Drawing system |
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Denotation system |
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Tone system |
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Style? |
Questions?
Next week’s assignments
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Review of Computer Graphics |
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Ansel Adams example |
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Photoshop Tutorials |