The History of Motifs: from Art Nouveau to Cyberpunk — How AI Reworks Tradition

The history of art isn’t just dates and names; it’s above all about motifs—recognizable arrangements of lines, rhythms, textures, and colors that keep returning in new light from age to age. Generative AI models—trained on millions of images—soak up these patterns like a language. They “know” that Art Nouveau means a flowing, organic line and […]