AI is helping determine the origin of paintings. This could shake up what we know about art history.
Via Hyperallergic:
Now, a new study published by researchers at Case Western University shows that machine learning analysis of the “surface topography” of a painting can be consistently accurate in identifying who has done the brushwork. In their testing of 720 patches from paintings by four artists, the algorithm attributed 96.1 percent to the correct painter.
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