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The Mosaic Fragment with Man Leading a Giraffe is a mosaic from the 5th century CE, now held in the Art Institute of Chicago. The piece is Byzantine and originated in northern Syria or Lebanon. Mosaics of this type were commonly used to decorate wealthy family villas.
Corinne Whitaker (born August 31, 1934) is an American artist who works in digital imaging and digital sculpture.She founded the Digital Giraffe in 1994, an online monthly art journal.
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The giraffe carvings were first recorded by French archaeologist Christian Dupuy in 1987, [3] and documented by David Coulson [4] in 1997 while on a photographic expedition to the site. Due to degradation of the engravings resulting from human activity, a mold was made of the engravings for display.
In the distance is a giraffe with its back on fire. Dalí first used the burning giraffe image in his 1930 film L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age). [3] It appears again in 1937 in the painting The Invention of Monsters. [3] Dalí described this image as "the masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster". He believed it to be a premonition of war.
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Computer-generated imagery is limited in its practical application by how realistic it can look. Unrealistic, or badly managed computer-generated imagery can result in the uncanny valley effect. [38] This effect refers to the human ability to recognize things that look eerily like humans, but are slightly off.