The Finder icon and the influence of fine art on the Mac<article>
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Steve Jobs
said that Apple and its products were at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts, and the funny thing is that, probably without realizing it, dozens of times a day you click an icon on your Mac that explicitly exemplifies this.</p><figure class="medium right" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="
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Although I believe we don’t know for certain, it’s widely suspected that the Finder icon is influenced by the work of the cubist artist Picasso—possibly specifically by his 1934 painting
Two Characters (detail above), though that might just be a delicious coincidence.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2920986/the-finder-icon-and-the-influence-of-fine-art-on-the-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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