Art and the Computer by Melvin Prueitt

Artist Melvin Prueitt’s well-received publication explained how computers were being used at the time to create art. It also included a variety of computer-generated work. According to Grant Taylor in When the Machine Made Art, the book “reflected a newfound optimism in computer art.” [Taylor, 160] Taylor continues about Prueitt’s work: “The book follows many of the computer graphic publications of the period, which outline the different techniques and their application in science, business, and entertainment. Although Prueitt’s publication was concerned mostly with art, scientists and technologists produced much of the work, and the publication had a tendency to view the imagery through scientific paradigms and metaphors.” [Taylor, 160]