Science, engineering, and technology overall are subjects that fascinate me. At heart, I am an engineer. Profession-wise, I am intending to obtain some engineering degrees at a future date (right now I am in a bit of a predicament life situation-wise). Anyhow, one thing I find that I have tended to have a great deal of interest in is artwork that deals with communicating information. I don't know why this is, but I do find such things very beautiful. For example:
Maps
Globes
Clocks
Old-world navigational instruments
Technical drawings
Schematics and blueprints
Drafting (such as architectural drafting)
Graphical User Interfaces
Calligraphy
Fine books
These are all things I love. These are usually not considered as "art" but to me they are very much art, as they are often very beautiful and often require great skill to produce. That they serve a function doesn't take away from their being art (a lot of art that we think was done solely for purposes of beauty in the past actually served some very functional purposes too, for example much of ancient Greek sculpture, which served religious, political, etc...purposes).
Being that I love old-world technology such as steam engines, mechanical clocks and watches, maps, old-world navigation instruments, etc...I also am an admirer of the subculture known as Steampunk.
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