Computational Formalism Art History and Machine Learning

• Main Author: Wasielewski, Amanda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
• Series: Leonardo
• Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Machine learning; Electronic, holographic & video art; Art history; artificial intelligence; machine learning; formalism; digital humanities; connoisseurship; image database; authentication; style
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How the use of machine learning to analyze art images has revived formalism in art history, presenting a golden opportunity for art historians and computer scientists to learn from one another.Though formalism is an essential tool for art historians, much recent art history has focused on the social...