Chapter 10. The New World of 3D Art

 

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts."

 
 --William Shakespeare

3D graphics and art are virtually synonymous. The tools of technology find their ways into the hands of the craftspeople. Computer graphics first solved technical and military problems, enabled production and architecture, before finding its way to solving visual effects problems. Then, it took on a life of its own, moving center stage; computer graphics now creates movies and parts using 3D printers. It has come full circle—the technology that created art is now the art that creates technology.

There is no way to quantify or define art. ...

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