arXiv Computer Vision August 31, 2026 By Reetikaa Reddy Munnangi, Barbara Giunti

The persistence of painting styles

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The paper demonstrates that persistent homology, a tool from topological data analysis, can objectively and interpretable distinguish artistic styles. It shows that PH can differentiate between artists from different currents, between artists within the same current, and can separate an artist’s real works from AI‑generated images in that artist’s style.

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