Rendering Nothingness: Reality and Aesthetics in Haboku Landscape for Understanding Cognition and Computer Interfaces

摘要

The Haboku Landscape of Sesshu Toyo is perhaps one of the finest examples of Japanese and Chinese monk landscapes in existence. We analyze the factors going into this painting from an artistic and aesthetic perspective, and we model the painting using MPEG-7 description. We examine the work done in rendering ink landscapes using computer-generated NPR. Finally we make some observations about measuring aesthetics in Chinese and Japanese ink painting.