When do the details become too much?

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In the photo below, you see a log cabin. But in reality, this photo is made of many small squares, called pixels.

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Microarray data can be both a smooth comprehensive image, or just a bunch of dots. George Seurat was a master of pointillism over 100 years ago, but Chuck Close is a more modern master of pointillism. Below are some links that let you explore how sometimes we see smooth comprehenisble images, and other times just a bunch of dots, or swirls, or even fingerprints!

On some of the images, you will have an opportunity to zoom in. Do it!

Chuck Close - Introduction

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/Thumbnails.html

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/popups/1pop.html

Chuck Close In Swirls

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/c/close1.jpg

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/c/p-close1.htm

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/popups/17pop.html

Chuck Close in Photorealism

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/popups/6pop.html

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/popups/4pop.html

Chuck Close in Fingerprints and Dots

http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=68433+0+none

http://www.mcachicago.org/MCA/exhibit/past/Close/popups/14pop.html

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