Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1948
The Mathematical Basis of the Arts by Joseph Schillinger
This book, influential to later computer artists, promoted the concept that codified mathematical language could generate art when combined with a machine.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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computer art, generative art
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- Ideas
- generative art, mathematics, rules
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- computer art, Math Art
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- Joseph Schillinger
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- The Mathematical Basis of the Arts
Echoes across time
- 1972 · Surface Substitution on 36 Plates by Jennifer Bartlett
- 1986 · The Beauty of Fractals by Heinz-Otto Peitgen and Peter Richter
- 1968 · "On the Path to Computer Art” by the Parallel Group
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- Timeline Ch 2—Modern Era with Kate Vass — listen with transcript on Le Random (20 Jul 2023, 58 min). Chapter 2’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify