Authenticating Pollock paintings using fractal geometry

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-702

  Taylor, R P ^a   Guzman, R ^a   Martin, T P ^a   Hall, G D R ^a   Micolich, A P ^b   Jonas, D ^b   Scannell, B C ^a   Fairbanks, M S ^a   Marlow, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abstract art; Authenticity; Fractals; Jackson Pollock

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ABSTRACT ART; AUTHENTICITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 33846489667     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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