Advances in Computat ional Art Connoisseurship
Basic digital image processing i s an underexploited computational tool in the incorporation of digita l technology into art history research. This thesis covers a pioneeri ng effort undertaken since 2007 addressing the closure of this gap. T he path taken was the development of digital image processing methods to identify matching patterns in art supports and apply the data vis ualizations produced to art historical connoisseurial studies of fift eenth- to nineteenth-century European paintings on canvas and to fift eenth- to seventeenth-century European prints, drawings, and manuscri pts on laid paper. The software developed produces striped maps of ca nvas thread density that have been used to identify canvas from the s ame roll, principally for the paintings of Vincent van Gogh and Johan nes Vermeer, and watermark overlays that confirm exact matches indica tive of sheets of paper made on the same mold, principally among the prints of Rembrandt van Rijn, the codices of Leonardo da Vinci, and s eventeenth-century Dutch drawings. These new digital tools have provi ded significant insights into the attribution and dating of paintings and the dating of drawings.
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DESCRIPTION: Advances in Computational Art Connoisseurship Basic digit al image processing is an underexploited computational tool in the in corporation of digital technology into art history research. This the sis covers a pioneering effort undertaken since 2007 addressing the c losure of this gap. The path taken was the development of digital ima ge processing methods to identify matching patterns in art supports a nd apply the data visualizations produced to art historical connoisse urial studies of fifteenth- to nineteenth-century European paintings on canvas and to fifteenth- to seventeenth-century European prints, d rawings, and manuscripts on laid paper. The software developed produc es striped maps of canvas thread density that have been used to ident ify canvas from the same roll, principally for the paintings of Vince nt van Gogh and Johannes Vermeer, and watermark overlays that confirm exact matches indicative of sheets of paper made on the same mold, p rincipally among the prints of Rembrandt van Rijn, the codices of Leo nardo da Vinci, and seventeenth-century Dutch drawings. These new dig ital tools have provided significant insights into the attribution an d dating of paintings and the dating of drawings.More information on the thesis END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR