The Abstract Expressionists and Les Automatistes: A shared multi-fractal depth?
Statistical analysis of abstract paintings is becoming an increasingly important tool for understanding the creative process of visual artists. We present a multifractal analysis of poured paintings from the Abstract Expressionism and Les Automatistes movements. The box-counting dimension (D0) is measured for the analyzed paintings, as is the associated multifractal depth ?D=D0?D?, where D? is the asymptotic dimension. We investigate the role of depth by plotting a phase space diagram that examines the relationship between D0 and D?. We show that, although the D0 and D? values vary between individual paintings, the collection of paintings exhibit a similar depth, suggesting a shared visual characteristic for this genre. We discuss the visual implications of this result.
multifractal art