Kolmogorov compression complexity may differentiate different schools of Orthodox iconography

Abstract The complexity in the styles of 1200 Byzantine icons painted between 13th and 16th from Greece, Russia and Romania was investigated through the Kolmogorov algorithmic information theory. The aim was to identify specific quantitative patterns which define the key characteristics of the three...

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Main Authors: Daniel Peptenatu, Ion Andronache, Helmut Ahammer, Richard Taylor, Ioannis Liritzis, Marko Radulovic, Bogdan Ciobanu, Marin Burcea, Matjaz Perc, Tuan D. Pham, Bojan M. Tomić, Cosmin Iulian Cîrstea, Adrian Nicolae Lemeni, Andreea Karina Gruia, Alexandra Grecu, Marian Marin, Herbert Franz Jelinek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12826-w