Similarity learning for art analysis

Similarity learning for art analysis

(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)

Overall project: Critical Catalogue of Luther Portraits (1519-1530)
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Start date: June 1, 2018
End date: February 28, 2021
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Funding source: andere Förderorganisation
URL: https://www.gnm.de/forschung/forschungsprojekte/luther-bildnisse/

Abstract

The analysis of the similarity of portraits is an important issue for many sciences such as art history or digital humanities, as for instance it might give hints concerning serial production processes, authenticity or temporal and contextual classification of the artworks.
In the project, first algorithms will be developed for cross-genre and multi-modal registration of portraits to overlay digitized paintings and prints as well as paintings acquired with different imaging systems such as visual light photography and infrared reflectography. Then, methods will be developed to objectively analyze the portraits according to their similarity.
This project is part of a joint project of the FAU, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM) in Nuremberg and the Technology Arts Sciences (TH Köln) in Cologne. Goal of the interdisciplinary project covering art history, art technology, reformation history and computer science is the creation of a critical catalogue of Luther portraits (1519-1530).

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