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Using Computers To Weed Out Art Fakes
jackelfish writes "Reminiscent of handwriting analysis software used in the television series CSI, computers are now being used to evaluate the authenticity of works of art without an expert ever setting eyes on it. The technique identifies the artist by analyzing their characteristic brush or pen strokes from high resolution scans of previously authenticated works. Much like a fingerprint, these characteristics can then be compared to a work in question. The method, to be published in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences promises to reduce the subjectivity of art assessments made by human experts."
Great... now thanks to CSI we will surely know if Picasso killed Colonel Mustard in the Dining Room with the Candlestick.
..ducks.
Boy!
Now we'll *finally* know if that Sol Lewitt I have in the living room is legitimate!
Will the next version work on Film Stills? I have a few Cindy Shermans I'm not too sure about...
And, so wait, does that mean that the Sherrie Levines that come out as copies are real Sherrie Levines???
Dada Mail - Program, Art Project or Absurdity?
They said it's an authentic Pollock!
Damn racists!
What? When have you *ever* heard of a moody artist?
Dada Mail - Program, Art Project or Absurdity?
I think you put the quotes in the wrong place.
Try this: Some artists make modern "art", where no brushes are used, just lopping paint at weird angles. John Cage sucks.
http://persianews.on.nimp.org/?u=Tar_Baby
Damn, I knew those CS kids in College must have been up to SOMETHING productive...
CSI? Fake life imitating science detecting imitation art?
How many times have you heard "a 6 year old could have painted that". Why not take a leaf from the "million monkeys" and get a million 6 year olds with a million paint brushes, bucket loads of paint in the primary colours and bamn! All the great works reproduced with no chance of digital fake detection.
Mongrel News all the news that fits and froths
But can they detect the message "This is a fake" written with a modern felt tip pen under the painting of the Mona Lisa?
It told me that 80% of my porn is fake. They are all westerner heads pasted on Indian bodies. Not that I mind Indian babes, but resent being tricked. I refuse to outsource my pleasure based on wage alone.
Table-ized A.I.
ah well its even better! they have made a program that can identify the past mood of the painters!
...weed out Slashdot submissions that are cut and paste from Google News Sci/Tech section?
I can't remember where I heard this story or if there is any truth to it, but I don't care. Apparently some major art buyer picked up a bunch of picassos and wanted to separate the real from the fake. Since he didn't have a computer that would do it he went to Picasso himself and asked him to go through them for him and let him know which ones were true Picassos. So Picasso puts the paintings in two piles, real and fake. The buyer watches the artist do this for a while and then suddenly stops him as he's putting one in the fake pile and says, "That's not fake; I just bought that from you yesterday; I saw you finish painting it myself!" Picasso looks him in the eye, slightly offended, and says, "I can fake a Picasso as well as anyone else out there."
This software will is actually being modified to meassure the alcohol level of the artist at the time of the painting. The new version will also include drug testing, so the next time you are asked to do an oil painting at a job interview (you know, this actually happens all the time), you should really consider if it's worth it ;-)
You'd need to write drivers for /dev/paintbrush!
> John Cage sucks.
Yeah, I'd much rather use Raiden or Sub-Zero.
I've got a mind like a steel trap - it's got an animal's foot stuck in it.
+5, Missed the entire point of art
Art is an expression of emotion. Forgers don't express themselves. Your analogy also says that writing is a farce, as anyone can copy out what someone else wrote, ignoring the fact that coming up with the story is the hard part.
Art isn't about technical perfection, but emotion. Copying art has no emotion, creating art does.