title: Interaction of depth probes and style of depiction.
abstract: We study the effect of stylistic differences on the nature of pictorial spaces as they appear to an observer when looking into a picture. Four pictures chosen from diverse styles of depiction were studied by 2 different methods. Each method addresses pictorial depth but draws on a different bouquet of depth cues. We find that the depth structures are very similar for 8 observers, apart from an idiosyncratic depth scaling (up to a factor of 3). The differences between observers generalize over (very different) pictures and (very different) methods. They are apparently characteristic of the person. The differences between depths as sampled by the 2 methods depend upon the style of the picture. This is the case for all observers except one.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, NL-2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands; e-mail:  a.j.vandoorn@tudelft.nl.
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van Doorn
authors.forename: Jan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Koenderink
authors.forename: Mieke H R
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Leyssen
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagemans
keywords: art perception; artistic style; depth perception; natural perspective; pictorial space; picture perception