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A comment on Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974).

Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by pjbrunet on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:07AM (#10893135)
"According to most dictionaries "science" means knowledge that has been logically arranged and systematized in the form of general "laws.""

Ahh yes, the logical arrangement.

  Programming Law #1: Thou shalt tab to indent. 
  Programming Law #2: Nested loops shall indent deeper to the right.
How about the six laws of depth in art?

  1. Perspective - 2-point, 3-point...
  2. Lower on canvas is closer, higher is further away
  3. Atmosphere - clearer is closer, blur is further
  3b. Color intensity - higher saturation is closer
  4. Chiaroscuro - the next alternation is further (combination of #2 and #5)
  5. Overlap - this behind that
  6. Scale - bigger is closer
Art has plenty of laws, some very complex, but you won't find them in Google. You have to find the artists' artist and mix her color 5000 times, like roll-on-your-head Shaolin Temple skull-hardening. Return to the 36th Chamber and draw with charcoal attached to the end of a long stick of bamboo, then ring the bell, for another style has died.
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Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by _petronius on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:36AM (#10893228)
> You have to find the artists' artist and mix her color 5000 times, like roll-on-your-head Shaolin Temple skull-hardening. Return to the 36th Chamber and draw with charcoal attached to the end of a long stick of bamboo, then ring the bell, for another style has died.

Or, you know, go to art school.

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Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by _petronius on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:19AM (#10895380)
Why the downvote aggro for a tounge-in-cheek quip?
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Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by pjbrunet on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:42PM (#10899315)
It wasn't me. I think art school should help, but you never know what you're going to get there. A lot of info slips through the cracks.
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