A substantial body of literature supports the idea that systematic changes can occur in artists’ painting styles after the onset of degenerating neurological illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease or Fronto-temporal dementia. However, these studies have typically been descriptive and qualitative in their analyses. Our study was motivated to show that quantitative methods can be applied to the neuro...

In this study, we compare Western oil paintings and Chinese ink on their composition, by extracting computing 28 composition features of the paintings, including visual balance relationships between different regions (segments). Among extracted segments, compute average distance rule-based based three layout rules, rule thirds, golden mean triangle. A total 2253 1138 1115 are collected. By comp...

The nonphotorealistic rendering is recognized as one of the major topics in the recent computer graphics society. The general issue in this research area is achieving methods for imitating the artists’ rendering styles, such as oil-paintings, technical illustration, etc. The painterly rendering is one of the nonphotorealstic rendering methods dealing with the effects as the oil-paintings. It is...

Clinical features suggestive of hypermobility syndrome and a positive Trendelenburg sign are described in a painting "The Three Graces" (1638-1640) by Peter Paul Rubens, Prado, Madrid. The most obvious findings are scoliosis, positive Trendelenburg sign, and hyperextension of the metacarpal joints, hyperlordosis, and flat feet. The sitters, presumably Hélène Fourment (second wife of Rubens) and...

Marina was built by the council of Villamartín de Sotoscueva (Burgos) in 1456, according to inscription painted on its apse. This paper states that this hermitage a violent environment nobility's onslaught against powers, and neighbourhood protected interior exterior with series surprising mural paintings an apotropaic nature, as well roof, means tile inscribed verses from Poem Fernán González ...

The article examines the work of two artists, Emily Carr (1871 – 1945) and István Fujkin (1953), focusing on Carr’s early mature “Indian paintings,” Fujkin’s “Blue Owl” series, completed between 2001 2005. paintings chosen from among works are thematically linked to Klee Wyck (1940), her first fictional describing travels experiences with First Nations People in British Columbia. Though artists...

The process of attributing paintings relies partly upon recognition of an artist’s hand. Around the middle of the last century, Maurits M. van Dantzig (1903–1960) attempted to define the ‘characteristic touch’ of the painter, Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). His broader aim was to develop a flexible yet precise method to measure the features of both spontaneity and inhibition, evident in the style...