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Related: Perceptual and physiological responses to Jackson Pollock’s fractals

Comparing human responses to visual stimuli of fractal dimension similar to Jackson Pollock's works. Notably, the fractal dimension is remarkably similar to that of forest landscapes.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2011.0006...

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Not mentioned: do amateur paintings by others with the same techniques as Pollock produce features with a similar fractal dimension? My question is intended as a proxy for investigating how much of Pollock's quality is integral to the method regardless of artist skill.

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