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Fractal and multifractal analysis is a natural way of identifying
scale-invariant behavior manifest in seemingly random distributions. This
provides a truly interdisciplinary tool with which one can study structures
literally ranging from the extra-galactic realm of the cosmos to the
psychophysical world of the canvas.
It has recently been shown that many works of art possess such hierarchical
patterns. These are not only physically distributed on the canvas as blobs
of paint, but also are resolved at various stages of visual processing.
This phenomenon could help unlock the mechanisms of cognitive control
during the painting process, and could moreover provide a method of
identifying ar forgeries.
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