Directory
References
Abraham Moles
French engineer and philosopher
Learn about this topic in these articles:
history of computational aesthetics
- In computational aesthetics: History
…Bense and, independently, French engineer Abraham Moles combined Birkhoff’s work with American engineer Claude Shannon’s information theory to come up with a scientific means of attempting to understand aesthetics. The ideas of Bense, which he called information aesthetics, and Moles were influential on some of the first computer-generated art, but…
Read More
theories on music
- In music: Information theory
The French theorist Abraham Moles’s Information Theory and Esthetic Perception (1966) brought the science of information theory to bear on musical perception, emphasizing that the concept of form is the essential thing; the “sonic message,” whose dimensions vary from one composition to another, is a whole. Information theory…
Read More