Research in non-photorealistic rendering often focuses on reproducing specific artistic styles. Unfortunately, many artists are unwilling or unable to articulate the technical basis of their style. Bob Ross is a notable exception. He left behind a complete and explicit record, in print and on video. His paintings cut many corners in the representation of reality, but they are convincing. Bob Ro...

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 (D 0) is measured for the analyzed paintings, as is the associated multifractal depth DD¼D 0 À D N , wher...

Stylometry in visual art—the mathematical description of artists’ styles—has been based on a number of properties of works, such as color, brush stroke shape, visual texture, and measures of contours’ curvatures. We introduce the concept of quantitative measures of lighting, such as statistical descriptions of spatial coherence, diffuseness, and so forth, as properties of artistic style. Some a...

Hashem Khan is considered as one of the key figures in Bangladesh art scenario. Born Chandpur, was graduated from Faculty Fine Art, Dhaka University 1961. He a Professor at with 44-year experience and retired year 2007. has achieved Ekushey Padak Independence Day Award (The highest civilian award Bangladesh) for his significant contributions culture. Rural lifestyle very unique Bangladesh. Many...

This article examines the impact that experience of 1905 Revolution had on political attitudes professional artists various creative persuasions and younger generation who were still attending art schools. It inevitably focuses a few representatives argues Realists as well more innovative like Valentin Serov World Art group became critical regime began to produce works satirizing Tsar his gover...

This article is first within the Russian and Western art history to examine concept of visual poetics as a separate subject research. Based on analysis iconographic theoretical searches masters symbolism, which found reflection boundaries expressive means art, author comes concludes poetic principles symbolist artists fundamental sources formation style Art Nouveau – new sculptural la...

A caricature is a distinctive drawing in which the essence of a subject is rendered in the style of an artist. The question is: How do artists make distinctive drawings and how do viewers see subject and style? Here I explore this question in a series of three investigations on contour drawings of animal silhouettes. First, I present a descriptive study of how different artists (styles) create ...

h, Jacopo, if you had my drawing and I had your color, I would defy the devil himself to enable Tit-ian, Raphael, and the rest to make any show beside us, " exclaimed Tintoretto as he discussed contemporary painting with his friend Jacopo da Ponte, known as Bassano for his hometown Bassano del Grappa, near Venice. At the foot of the Alps and surrounded by chestnut woods, this small town once on...