Universal aesthetic of fractals

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 813-820

  Spehar, Branka ^a   Clifford, Colin W G ^b   Newell, Ben R ^c   Taylor, Richard P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic preferences; Aesthetics; Fractals

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

AESTHETICS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0142124832     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8493(03)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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