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Defining Pictorial Style: Lessons from Linguistics and Computer Graphics

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Willats, J., Durand, F. Defining Pictorial Style: Lessons from Linguistics and Computer Graphics. Axiomathes 15, 319–351 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-004-5449-7

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