Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock's fractal paintings
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| contents | Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock's fractal paintings Richard Taylor Historia fractal paintings Jackson Pollock science and art The art world changed forever when Jackson Pollock picked up a can and poured paint onto a vast canvas rolled across the floor of his windswept barn. Fifty years on, art theorists recognize his patterns as being a revolutionary approach to aesthetics. A significant step forward in understanding Pollock's aesthetics occurred in 1999 when my scientific analysis showed that his paintings are fractal. Fractals consist of patterns that recur at finer and finer magnifications, building up shapes of immense complexity. Significantly, many natural patterns (for example, lightning, clouds, mountains, and trees) are also fractal. In this essay, I will present some personal reflections on this relationship between the fractal patterns of Pollock and those of nature, and also on the interactions between art and science as the project evolved. 2006 artículo científico 0104-5970 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386137997007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3861 História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos application/pdf Fundação Oswaldo Cruz História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos (Brasil) Vol.13 |
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| spellingShingle | Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock's fractal paintings Richard Taylor Historia fractal paintings Jackson Pollock science and art Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock's fractal paintings Richard Taylor Historia fractal paintings Jackson Pollock science and art The art world changed forever when Jackson Pollock picked up a can and poured paint onto a vast canvas rolled across the floor of his windswept barn. Fifty years on, art theorists recognize his patterns as being a revolutionary approach to aesthetics. A significant step forward in understanding Pollock's aesthetics occurred in 1999 when my scientific analysis showed that his paintings are fractal. Fractals consist of patterns that recur at finer and finer magnifications, building up shapes of immense complexity. Significantly, many natural patterns (for example, lightning, clouds, mountains, and trees) are also fractal. In this essay, I will present some personal reflections on this relationship between the fractal patterns of Pollock and those of nature, and also on the interactions between art and science as the project evolved. 2006 artículo científico 0104-5970 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386137997007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3861 História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos application/pdf Fundação Oswaldo Cruz História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos (Brasil) Vol.13 |
| title | Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock's fractal paintings |
| topic | Historia fractal paintings Jackson Pollock science and art |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386137997007 |