Kirsch, R.
(1998),
Using Computers to Describe Style, American Indian Rock Art, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821699
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Using Computers to Describe Style
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Human beings have a poorly understood ability to recognize patterns in their environment. Sometimes this ability is vital to survival. Sometimes it is the enabling ability that mediates the creation and maintenance of a culture. Thus we have art. But always this ability to organize the visual world of art remains largely a mystery that motivates our study both of art making and art looking.Citation
American Indian Rock Art
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22
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art forms, art making, art styles, formal properties
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Created January 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017