On Birkhoff`s Aesthetic Measure of Vases

by Tomáš Staudek, September 1999, 8 pages.

FIMU-RS-99-06. Available as Postscript, PDF.

Abstract:

The report discusses contribution of Birkhoff`s aesthetic measure to formal aesthetic evaluation of regular geometrical objects, namely Chinese vases. Characteristics of aesthetic measure function are considered in order to verify correctness of such application and extended Birkhoff`s aesthetic measure is then introduced.