Pixel-Based Geometric Decoding of Mondrian Compositions

Pixel-Based Geometric Decoding of Mondrian Compositions

Özgün, Feyza Nur Koçer; Alaçam, Sema

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This study explores the use of a computational method for decoding and encoding an art composition in the digital environment. Geometric decoding includes subdivision through color and shape. Five artworks of Mondrian, which contain simple but intense geometric data and have a unique composition style, are discussed in this context. Matrix-based expression of composition in terms of color and form with a code-based analysis allowed to definition of a control mechanism for existing geometric data. The aim of this decoding process, which follows segmentation and fragmentation methods, is to capture the common composition approach and particular comparison approach. Visual encoding, as the reverse of the decoding process, is the interpretation of the data obtained as a result of the analysis by assigning a color map. By this meanings, the matrixes and visual outputs enable the artworks to be compared according to the main composition style, or the similarities between them

This study explores the use of a computational method for decoding and encoding an art composition in the digital environment. Geometric decoding includes subdivision through color and shape. Five artworks of Mondrian, which contain simple but intense geometric data and have a unique composition style, are discussed in this context. Matrix-based expression of composition in terms of color and form with a code-based analysis allowed to definition of a control mechanism for existing geometric data. The aim of this decoding process, which follows segmentation and fragmentation methods, is to capture the common composition approach and particular comparison approach. Visual encoding, as the reverse of the decoding process, is the interpretation of the data obtained as a result of the analysis by assigning a color map. By this meanings, the matrixes and visual outputs enable the artworks to be compared according to the main composition style, or the similarities between them

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2021-72

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Özgün, Feyza Nur Koçer; Alaçam, Sema; "Pixel-Based Geometric Decoding of Mondrian Compositions", p-103-114. In: XXV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. São Paulo: Blucher, 2021.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sigradi2021-72