Determination of the method of construction of 1650 B.C. wall paintings

In this paper, a methodology of general applicability is presented for answering the question if an artist used a number of archetypes to draw a painting or if he drew it freehand. In fact, the contour line parts of the drawn objects that potentially correspond to archetypes are initially spotted. S...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence 2006-09, Vol.28 (9), p.1361-1371
Main Authors: Papaodysseus, C., Fragoulis, D.K., Panagopoulos, M., Panagopoulos, T., Rousopoulos, P., Exarhos, M., Skembris, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Applied sciences
archaeological image edge analysis
archaeological object reconstruction
Artificial Intelligence
Artists
Color
Computer science
control theory
systems
Curve fitting
Exact sciences and technology
History
Image edge detection
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Image line pattern analysis
Image reconstruction
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Intelligence
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Pattern analysis
Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods
Pattern recognition. Digital image processing. Computational geometry
Shape
Spirals
statistical pattern matching
Walls
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Summary:In this paper, a methodology of general applicability is presented for answering the question if an artist used a number of archetypes to draw a painting or if he drew it freehand. In fact, the contour line parts of the drawn objects that potentially correspond to archetypes are initially spotted. Subsequently, the exact form of these archetypes and their appearance throughout the painting is determined. The method has been applied to celebrated Thera Late Bronze Age wall paintings with full success. It has been demonstrated that the artist or group of artists has used seven geometrical archetypes and seven corresponding well-constructed stencils (four hyperbolae, two ellipses, and one Archimedes' spiral) to draw the wall painting "Gathering of Crocus" in 1650 B.C. This method of drawing seems to be unique in the history of arts and of great importance for archaeology, and the history of mathematics and sciences, as well
ISSN:0162-8828
1939-3539
2160-9292
DOI:10.1109/TPAMI.2006.183