IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Joseph Cornell. Rorschach (ink blot ...

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It’s easy to see familiar shapes in seemingly random patterns. Witness how many people see faces in clouds, for example—or in the 'poured' paintings of American artist Jackson Pollock, which he ...

The simplicity of the stains' repeating patterns is key to why we see so many images in them. It’s easy to see familiar shapes in seemingly random patterns. Witness how many people see faces in clouds ...