Fractals are self-similar patterns that repeat at different scales, the complexity of which are
expressed as a fractional Euclidean dimension D between 0 (a point) and 2 (a filled plane) …

Solar energy technologies have been plagued by their limited visual appeal. Because the
electrical power generated by solar panels increases with their surface area and therefore …

Artistic photography is an interesting, but often overlooked, medium within the field of
empirical aesthetics. Grounded in an art–science collaboration with art photographer …

Aesthetic appreciation is inherently multidimensional: many different stimulus dimensions
(eg, colors, shapes, sizes) contribute to our aesthetic experience. However, most studies in …

Digital images taken by mobile phones are the most frequent class of images created today.
Due to their omnipresence and the many ways they are encountered, they require a specific …

Starting from the hypothesis that, currently, the potential aesthetic and formal values of
engineering are not recognized by society, the main objective of this work was to deepen …

Expressive qualities, including aesthetic appeal, are ubiquitous and among the most salient
aspects of our experience. While there is an overwhelming tendency to (mis) characterize …

In the fields of Experimental and Computational Aesthetics, numerous image datasets have
been created over the last two decades. In the present work, we provide a comparative …

The systematic study of stimulus properties and their role in aesthetic responses can be
traced back to the birth of empirical aesthetics, namely to Gustav Theodor Fechner's (1876) …

People are continually exposed to the rich complexity generated by the repetition of fractal
patterns at different size scales. Fractals are prevalent in natural scenery and also in …