The construction of Jackson Pollock's fractal drip paintings

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-207

  Taylor, Richard P ^a   Micolich, Adam P ^a   Jonas, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 14544298735     PISSN: 0024094X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00240940252940603     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. E.G. Landau, Jackson Pollock (London: Thames and Hudson, 1989)
2. K. Varnedoe and P. Karmel, Jackson Pollock (New York: Abrams, 1998)
3. R.P. Taylor, A.P. Mlcolich and D.Jonas, "Fractal Analysis of Pollock's Drip Paintings," Nature 399 (1999) p. 422
4. B.B. Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature (New York: W.H. Freeman, 1977)
5. R.P. Taylor, A.P. Micolich and D.Jonas, "Fractal Expressionism," Physics World 12 (1999) p. 25
6. For examples of computer-generated fractal art, see the following books: J. Briggs, Fractals - The Patterns of Chaos (London: Thames and Hudson, 1992)
7. C.A. Pickover, Patterns, Chaos and Beauty: Graphics from the Unseen World (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990)
8. H.-O. Peitgen, The Art of Fractals A Computer Graphical Introduction (Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1988). Note that Pollock was not the only artist to generate fractals without the aid of a computer
9. Also see Landau [1] and Varnedoe [1]
10. See, for example, J. Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science (New York: Peuguin Books, 1987)
11. See Mandelbrot [3] and Gleick [7]
12. See D. Avnir, O. Biham, D.A. Lidar and O. Malcai, "Is the Geometry of Nature Fractal?" Science 279 (1998) pp. 39-40
13. See Mandelbrot [3] and Gouyet. [9]
14. R.P. Taylor, "Splashdown," New Scientist 2144 (1998) p. 31
15. William Rubin, "Jackson Pollock and the Modern Tradition Part IV," Art Forum No. 5 (May 1967) p. 32
16. C.A. Pickover, Keys to Infinity (New York: Wiley, 1995)
17. D.J. Aks and J.C. Sprott, "Quantifying Aesthetic Preference for Chaotic Patterns," Empirical Studies of the Arts 14, No. 1 (1996)
18. D. Ades, "Dada and Surrealism," in Nikos Stangos, ed., Concepts of Modern Art (London: Thames and Hudson, 1974)
19. For technical explanation of the mathematical functions employed here, see Mandelbrot [3]