In one abstract view, computer graphics deals with
building computer models or representations and
then displaying them by some method or theory to
produce a high-quality image. A classical example
is the Utah teapot benchmark (so-called because the
actual teapot belonged to a professor at the University
of Utah). The teapot is a typical model representation
made of 32 polynomial surface patches.
It has been rendered and illuminated by theories of
occlusion, lighting, shadowing, and so on, to produce
more images than perhaps have been published
even of Marilyn Monroe