Computer program reveals artists’ influences

Algorithm deciphers a painting's style by contents, composition, brushstroke

paintings by Frédéric Bazille and Norman Rockwell

A new computer program was able to detect a subtle link between paintings by Frédéric Bazille (left) and Norman Rockwell (right).

Wikimedia Commons; Shuffleton’s Barbershop © SEPS by Curtis licensing, Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collection

Computers have become budding art historians.