Do computers understand art?

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics  Tue, 12/22/2009 - 23:00

(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) A team of researchers from the University of Girona and the Max Planck Institute in Germany has shown that some mathematical algorithms provide clues about the artistic style of a painting.

The composition of colors or certain aesthetic measurements can already be quantified by a computer, but machines are still far from being able to interpret art in the way that people do.

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