Quantifying beauty: an information system for evaluating universal aesthetics

Sudweeks, F. and Simoff, S.J. (1999) Quantifying beauty: an information system for evaluating universal aesthetics. In: 2nd Western Australian Workshop on Information Systems Research (WAWISR), 27th November 1999, Perth, W.A.

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Abstract

In this paper we propose that a metaphor can be used to represent domains that are not easily quantifiable and thus can be used to communicate information about those domains between the human and the computer at a cognitive and visual level. We propose a model which uses the metaphor of a human face as an interface for the perception and evaluation of universal aesthetics