Using deep feature analysis, we used pictures of authenticated Raphael paintings to train the computer to recognize his style to a very detailed degree, from the brushstrokes, the color palette, the shading and every aspect of the work," says mathematician and computer scientist Hassan Ugail from the University of Bradford in the UK. https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-detects-unusual-signal-hidden-in-a-famous-raphael-masterpiece That's… Continue reading Every aspect of the work
Author: William Julius Allen
I must be confident. Civilization will return. Yes, with its warts, civilization will return.
A question for me to keep at sideline
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/opinion/ai-future-photography.html Is photography dead? Maybe we should first ask which photography is being asked about.
Old friend. Old friend
A Man After One’s Own Heart
" "Apart from trips to Europe during the 1890s and 1900s, Hartmann spent the remainder of his life in the United States, gaining citizenship in 1883 and establishing a career, first in belles-lettres as a self-consciously 'decadent' dramatist and author in the 1890s, and then, rapidly, in art criticism. Composition in Portraiture and Landscape and… Continue reading A Man After One’s Own Heart
Light
Bit tacky. But genuine Jonesboro
The Art Image
smarthistoryblog.org/2018/11/08/still-a-problem-images-and-art-history-in-2018/ quite nice post by Stephen and Beth, founders of SmartHistory, on the state of the art image--that is, pictures of works of art. Written in 1918
Mild celebration
Subdued celebrations here Year ago now I was being electrocuted into life on way to ER Year ago yesterday Joanne fell and broke both arms Still here. Still fussing. Raise a glass
Who’d have guessed that they were using the metric system way back then
Young and
If you are going to be young and foolish, do it in your youth. That will give you longer to relish the errors.
Larry Fink. RIP
loeildelaphotographie.com/en/in-memoriam-larry-fink-1941-2023/ 1941-2023 https://www.larryfinkphotography.com/ https://www.robertmann.com/
Waiting For Charlemagne 