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In this paper we propose to examine the cognitive aspects of
artistic creation. Art objects are supposed to elicit emotional
responses in the viewer. Behavior related to the making of art
objects are analysed. Both visual art and artistic verbal
expressions are considered for analysis. Emotional appraisal is
claimed to be indispensable to artistic creativity, as opposed to
appraisal objectives in design cognition where structural
variation and the resulting innovations produced could well be
emotively neutral in their appearance. The authors propose a
heuristic and connective-functionalist thesis of machine art
following identification of responsive elements for art as they are
laid down in precepts of different philosophical traditions. The
insights deriving from ancient and contemporary traditions
demonstrate that innovative variation in art presupposes the
presence of a set of corresponding variations in visual patterns or
linguistic expressions that typify a range of expectations for
target objects. A database of categorically defined ‘genre’ of art
should exhibit visual or verbal preferences in interactions.
Binary operations may be domain specific depending on the kind
of art that is under scrutiny, but from a philosophical perspective,
emotional representation must be assumed to be indispensable
across generic requirements.
