Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2007-10-25
Phys. Rev. E 79, 046111 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.79.046111
It has been claimed [1-6] that fractal analysis can be applied to unambiguously characterize works of art such as the drip paintings of Jackson Pollock. This academic issue has become of more general interest following the recent discovery of a cache of disputed Pollock paintings. We definitively demonstrate here, by analyzing paintings by Pollock and others, that fractal criteria provide no information about artistic authenticity. This work has also led to two new results in fractal analysis of more general scientific significance. First, the composite of two fractals is not generally scale invariant and exhibits complex multifractal scaling in the small distance asymptotic limit. Second the statistics of box-counting and related staircases provide a new way to characterize geometry and distinguish fractals from Euclidean objects.
Jones-Smith Katherine
Krauss Lawrence M.
Mathur Harsh
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