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>From: thinman@netcom.com (Lance Norskog)
Subject: Re: Intelligence, awareness, and aesthetics
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In article <1992Apr22.150023.11104@psych.toronto.edu> christo@psych.toronto.edu 
(Christopher Green) writes:
>I believe there was a set of computer-produced "Mondrians" in the 1960s
>that was indistinguishible from real Mondrians to many art critics. Then
>again, using Mondrian makes it pretty easy for the robo-painter, doesn't
>it.  I can't find a reference right now, but it's a topic that turns up
>pretty regularly in philosophical aesthetics.

My mom made a stained glass copy of a Mondrian for their house.
The window slot for it was not in the same proportions as the original,
so she "extended" it.  At the time I was a college snot and was
of course appalled, but later realised that this was indeed a
PoMo act.

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