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Computer Art For a CS Dept Office?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nerds-deserve-aesthetic-walls-too dept.

philgross writes "My university's Computer Science Department has just renovated its main office, and is looking for artwork for the walls. Do you have any recommendations about your favorite posters or images that address the algorithms, the history, and/or the aesthetics of Computer Science?"

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  1. Tinney prints by base3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Robert Tinney did the covers for Byte Magazine in the late 70s/early 80s and is selling prints of some of them now.

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  2. Re:Several Suggestions by John+Courtland · · Score: 5, Informative

    Salvador Dali's final painting is titled "The Swallow's Tail - Series on Catastrophes". You can look at it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swallow's_Tail

    The trick is getting a print. I saw this piece while it was on loan to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and they did not have the ability to produce a print due to copyright. I believe that the copyright is held by a similar Dali Museum located in Spain.

    If anyone manages to get a print, please let me know how because I was ready to drop copious amounts of money for a high quality print and I left disappointed.

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